<p>Well, they’re not a top 50 National university yet, though they’ve been trying to be for years and years… at least a decade.</p>
<p>Don’t count your chickens (or, rankings) before the egg hatches.</p>
<p>And, yes, they are putting more money into the sciences for buildings and new professors. It’s an initiative, among others, that GWU has worked on for a while now.</p>