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15 things that are harder to get into than Harvard

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Founder and CEO Ken Griffin — who's also a Harvard alum — noted on CNBC that the hedge fund planned to interview 10,000 candidates to fill 300 job openings. Some prestigious New York City public high schools Some of New York's most in-demand public high schools are actually harder to get into than Harvard, as Brooklyn Magazine has noted. The Indian Institute of Management While Harvard lets in about 5.9% of applicants, not even 1% get accepted to India's top business school, Bloomberg Businessweek reported in 2013. Delta's Flight Attendant corps You have less than a 1% chance becoming a Delta Flight Attendant, according to Bloomberg, In 2010, Delta, the world's second-largest air carrier, received 100,000 applications for 1,000 jobs.

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