Colorado School of Mines AI Policy for College Applications
Policy Changed Since September 2025
Permission: L2 (unchanged)
Disclosure: D0 (unchanged)
Enforcement: E1 → E0 (Unknown policy)
This school updated their AI admissions policy between our September 2025 and February 2026 reviews.
Quick Answer: Can you use AI at Colorado School of Mines?
Colorado School of Mines allows limited AI use for editing and improving your own writing. AI can help with grammar, clarity, and sentence-level edits, but you must write the core content yourself.
Disclosure: Colorado School of Mines does not require disclosure of AI use in admissions materials.
Enforcement: Colorado School of Mines has not indicated how they check for AI use in admissions essays.
Last verified: 2026-02-17 • Confidence: High
What This Means For Your Application
✓Generally Safe
- AI grammar and clarity suggestions
- Rephrasing individual sentences with AI
✗Avoid
- Having AI write entire paragraphs or essays
- Using AI to generate ideas you present as your own
Policy Evidence
University General Policy
“While they are especially useful for generating and organizing ideas, your final submission should represent your own work”
— Admissions Considerations - Undergraduate Admissions(Updated: 2025-08-01)
“Please do not copy and paste content you have not created directly into your application”
— Admissions Considerations - Undergraduate Admissions(Updated: 2025-08-01)
“We encourage you to utilize genAI tools to brainstorm, edit, and refine your ideas”
— Admissions Considerations - Undergraduate Admissions(Updated: 2025-08-01)
Specific Guidelines
✓ Allowed Uses
- •brainstorming
- •editing
- •refining ideas
- •generating and organizing ideas
✗ Not Allowed
- •copying and pasting content not created directly by applicant
Sources Verified
All sources checked (6)
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Policy History
| Date | Permission | Disclosure | Enforcement | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 (current) | L2 | D0 | E0 | High |
| 2025-09-19 | L2 | D0 | E1 | High |
Additional Context
Colorado School of Mines has an explicit AI policy on its Admissions Considerations page allowing collaborative use of genAI tools (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, etc.) for brainstorming, editing, and refining ideas, while prohibiting direct copying of AI-generated content. The policy explicitly names genAI tools and frames them as 'helpful collaborators.' No AI disclosure is required in the application. No enforcement mechanisms (detection tools, writing samples) are mentioned for admissions. The academic affairs genAI guidelines reference Turnitin for coursework but this does not apply to admissions. Graduate admissions pages do not contain an AI-specific policy. Two optional but strongly encouraged supplemental essays (250 words each). Enforcement downgraded from E1 to E0 because no admissions-specific review signals or detection processes are described.
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