My chances

[Zaphod]

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The qualifications to get in are easier but the percentages are less.</p>

<p>Another way to look at it would be to assume the total 12,000 applicants form a bell curve of some type. The directs are at the top while the NAPSters and Foundation candidates are more toward the fuller center and there are more of them.

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<p>An excellent graphical expression of what I was saying, only much clearer. </p>

<p>Is the appointment-offer-decline rate among NAPS and Foundation really as high as 50%? :eek:</p>