<p>your all pretty stupid for one, just because the amount of applicants are going down, doesnt mean its ranking is going down, a 10% drop equates to like 1600 applicants, 16k applicants is still a whole lot…? the amount of applicants has nothing to do with the program at all, more kids apply to state schools this year, doesnt mean their program got better…? their ranking will not go down, they rank programs on academics, not on amount of applicants, and if their acceptance rate does increase itll only go up like 2-4% points, itll look like your beloved vanderbilt.</p>