Wash U Ranking Downward Trend?

Dear All, I have been fortunate enough to have been accepted to Wash U and another top let's say 12 school. One thing that is on my mind when making decisions are the U.S. World and News rankings. Now I don't really want to get into a debate as to what the merits of these rankings are. My question simply is why has Wash U been going down in their rankings? They seemed to have really peaked in the early 2000s and have been going down since. Do you think this trend is likely to continue? If... Wash U Ranking Downward Trend?
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