In late October, BYU announced that it would be increasing its enrollment cap by about 1.5% per year for the next six years. In response to concerns raised over how the massive student influx will be accommodated, BYU has released some of its plans to deal with these logistics.

BYU Housing has stepped up immediately by doubling the required dorm capacities in On-Campus Housing facilities. Helaman Halls dorms will be split in half, with four people per room, and Heritage Halls apartments will each hold twelve people. This will be accomplished by replacing every bed with a bunk bed and dividing each room in half with a line of duct tape on the floor. In Helaman Halls, students will also be expected to divide access to the sink, door, window, and mini refrigerator evenly among themselves. Those without access to a door or window will be required to make use of the complementary air ducts to enter or exit the room.

Even with doubled dorm capacities, it is expected that further measures will be required to house extra students. Some have proposed creating a trailer park around the duck pond, or tent communities near the RB. Others have suggested requiring every student from Utah to stay home and commute to Provo every day. Still, others have requested that BYU open up housing opportunities in BYU buildings no one cares about, like the MARB or ASB. “If it means I don’t have to share an apartment with my ward’s entire elders quorum, I’d be happy to just sleep on one of the couches in the WILK,” one student tweeted this weekend.

Aside from housing availability, students and faculty also expect that parking and class registration will become more problematic in the coming years. BYU officials have proposed allowing cars to park anywhere on campus, including on sidewalks and in front of building entrances, rather than confining them to parking lots. This could make walking through campus more difficult for students, but since so many vehicles already drive on campus sidewalks, this seems like a logical next step.

Because more students will be vying for spots in different classes, registration is also expected to become more complicated for students. BYU plans to fix this by eliminating their priority registration deadlines for upperclassmen, as well as the Registration Cart feature.

“We wanted to streamline this process to accommodate the expected strain imposed by the influx of students,” said one BYU administrator in a statement released Wednesday. “Registration will now simply be on a first-come, first-serve basis, and students’ success will be entirely based on natural selection.” It remains to be seen whether this process will be a suitable replacement to simply hiring more professors to teach.