I was speaking with a recent graduate from the masters program that I am about to start my doctorate in and she mentioned how our department had moved from being ranked sixth to third in the nation for our specialty.  Of course, I had to verify this for myself and was overly ecstatic to see it is true.  How exciting is that?  It just amazes me that I seriously got into such a well established, known, and ranked program.  Let's just hope I can now live up to the expectation!