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In response to "I heard on the news that Harvard is only accepting 5% of its applicants for next year. -- nm" by CrankYanker

is that different from any other year?

Posted by pixitude (aka chris) Apr 4 '12, 09:37

it's kind of hard to get into

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yeah, I guess the more applicable number would be the *number* of applicants....whether or not they have decreased. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 4, 09:40 11
- everyone wants to get into Harvard. i wouldn't expect their applications to decline much from year-to-year -- nm - pixitude Apr 4, 09:41
- if the percentage accepted is the same, then the # of applicants is also the same. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 09:41 9
  - Math is hard. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 4, 09:43 8
    - not a harvard grad? - loosilu Apr 4, 09:44 7
      - I was thinking 5% of 100 is different than 5% of 1000 so your statement doesn't add up? -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 4, 09:45 6
        
        the number of places in the freshman class doesn't change. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 09:46 5
        
        You said if the percentage accepted is the same, then the number of applicants is the same. - CrankYanker Apr 4, 09:50 4
        
        She is correct, though, that if Harvard accepted 5% last year and 5% this year, the 100% number is unchanged - TWuG Apr 4, 09:53 1
        
        the number of slots could change year to year, but probably not much. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 09:54
        
        laughing. OK. Let's say they have 10 slots open. 100 apply, 10% are accepted. 1000 apply, 1% are accepted. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 09:52 1
        
        this ;l-) -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 4, 09:58
doubt it. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 09:38

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