My Plebe was led to believe that USMA will be expanding its numbers over the next couple of years. I am not sure who told him that, or how reliable that info is. This surprised me, but on the other hand his 2020 class was large, and the new barracks opening next year is very large, and old barracks are being remodeled. Not sure why they would need so many more rooms if not expanding numbers.
Heard the same thing from my Yuk just last night. The incoming Plebe class is expected to be bigger. Both the Cow and Firstie classes are below 1000.