To the message that claims PCJ is increasing students for more revenue is a blatantly false statement. Having worked in admissions and can confirm that we are trying to keep a steady size of undergraduate students and are in fact trying to increase the graduate school at Mines. The reason the last few years have had larger freshman class sizes is due to Mines admitting the same amount of students as before, but more students are committing to Mines. It is something that you cannot really avoid from an Admissions standpoint as you can't remove an acceptance offer. I would expect in the following year fewer students will be admitted since a higher percentage is committing, but I do now know as a fact for sure.
Hopefully, that clears things up for you a little bit.
Anon
To the message that claims PCJ is increasing students for more revenue is a blatantly false statement. Having worked in admissions and can confirm that we are trying to keep a steady size of undergraduate students and are in fact trying to increase the graduate school at Mines. The reason the last few years have had larger freshman class sizes is due to Mines admitting the same amount of students as before, but more students are committing to Mines. It is something that you cannot really avoid from an Admissions standpoint as you can't remove an acceptance offer. I would expect in the following year fewer students will be admitted since a higher percentage is committing, but I do now know as a fact for sure.
Hopefully, that clears things up for you a little bit.