Getting into Harvard/Yale/Princeton is easy...

randombetch
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:32:42 +0000

…compared to getting into Harvard/Hopkins/UCSF medical school, compared to getting into Harvard/Yale/Stanford law school, and compared to getting into any top graduate school (ie: MIT’s econ department takes like 40 out of 800 applicants, and you can bet the applicant pool is astonishing. Same goes for Harvard/UChic).

As a sophomore at one of the colleges mentioned in the title, I feel like getting into here was a joke compared to the level of difficulty of getting into a top professional school. The acceptance rate at any top law school/med school is significantly lower and the applicant pool is much stronger than those of any undergrad of the country.

So while you might think getting into HYP is the pinnacle of success right now, just remember that this is the easy part. :P

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