Sophomore Lyndsey Wajert, the Hatchet’s contributing opinions editor, argues that GW should be aiming at improvements regardless of ranking.

Naturally, a rise in ratings may bring about more publicity, which can lead to an increase in applicants and greater selectivity. But does GW’s unchanged ranking mean that the applicant pool for the class of 2014 will be exactly the same? If we fell to 54th, or climbed into the top 50, would the pool significantly change? An association is not necessarily a causal link.