<p>Haha, no need to twist words and arguments. It is fine to recognize that your use of the words “world rankings” was unfortunate. And those were the words I addressed. </p>
<p>As far my precious ARWU and THES, you seemingly do not know what I have written about them, let alone think about them. </p>
<p>If you were not so intent to find faults in what I have written, you might find that we might actually agree on how universities have gained recognition and reputation for excellence. And perhaps see how irrelevant this reputation can be to the items relevant to the OP of this thread, and as to WHY the number of applications at Chicago finally reached the same average of the Ivies and Stanford at around 30’000. </p>
<p>It is all about context.</p>