Rank these odds

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<p>Rank these odds in order of decreasing likeliness (most likely to occur to least likely to occur):

  • Being born on February 29th
  • Getting struck by lightning
  • Getting into Harvard
  • Getting bitten by a shark
  • Becoming president
  • Going into cardiac arrest during the SATs
  • Getting 2400 on the SATs
  • Meteor landing on your house within the next week
  • Finding Osama bin Laden
  • Winning the jackpot in a lottery
  • Breaking the lead of your pencil during the SATs</p>

<p>Here’s my ranking:

  1. Going into cardiac arrest during the SATs
  2. Breaking the lead of your pencil during the SATs
  3. Being born on February 29th
  4. Getting bitten by a shark
  5. Winning the jackpot in a lottery
  6. Getting struck by lightning
  7. Getting 2400 on the SATs
  8. Becoming president
  9. Finding Osama bin Laden
  10. Meteor landing on your house within the next week
  11. Getting into Harvard</p>

<p>So, yes. I think that you have a better chance of finding Osama than you do of getting into Harvard. There’s probably also a better chance of a meteor landing on your than you getting into Harvard.</p>

<p>Thoughts…</p>

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<p>The funny, not haha funny, thing is that most of us who have taken AP Stats have had to do probability problems like this…</p>

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<ul>
<li>Becoming president</li>
<li>Finding Osama bin Laden</li>
<li>Breaking the lead of your pencil during the SATs</li>
<li>Going into cardiac arrest during the SATs</li>
<li>Being born on February 29th</li>
<li>Getting struck by lightning</li>
<li>Meteor landing on your house within the next week</li>
<li>Getting bitten by a shark</li>
<li>Winning the jackpot in a lottery</li>
<li>Getting 2400 on the SATs</li>
<li>Getting into Harvard</li>
</ul>

<p>Thats my reality check. x.x getting into harvard is the most unlikely. HAHHAHAHA.</p>

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<p>I think the three SAT-related events are the only ones that don’t rely on a huge amount of luck :)</p>