For all of you white average applicants, your chances are slimer than you think.

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<p>Unfortunately, for all of you students who wish to apply to harvard and aren't legacies or athletes, you chances are very slim. Besides harvard's already ridiculously low admission rate of 9%, white students chances are even lower, close to 4%...let me explain.</p>

<p>applicant pool = about 22,000</p>

<p>accepted = about 2100</p>

<p>of those accepted.....</p>

<p>20% were Asian = 420
11% were Black = 231
10% were latino = 210
only athletes = about 100 (just an estimate)
only legacies = about 150 (estimate)</p>

<p>total = 1111</p>

<p>so of the 2100 accepted, only 989 were white non athlete or legacy students.</p>

<p>that means of the 22,000 applicant pool, 989 whites (no legacy or athlete) were accepted which equals only 4%.</p>

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<p>The math you're using isn't very statistically sound.</p>

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<p>Of those who applied, what percentages were what? Your maths strikes me as a bit off.</p>

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<p>yeah i agree, your math is off or just nonsensical. You're saying also that latinos and blacks have a far worse chance, less than 1% and asians only have like 2%.</p>

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<p>yeah... what percentage of APPLICANTS were white non-legacy non-athlete? then take the 989/total white non-legacy, non-athlete applicants and that's the percentage of white non-legacy non-athlete applicants accepted. still not totally sound, but better.</p>

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<p>Crap... I really thought being a legacy would help me</p>

<p>but now I know that only 0.68% of us get accepted I've really got to rethink my options</p>

<p>Well, thanks for letting me know you'llsee (although I've got to say that I thought that students admitted to harvard had a higher than 9.5% chance of being admitted to harvard - what a competitive school)</p>

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<p>You have to divide the number of white acceptances into the number of WHITE applicants, not the TOTAL number of applicants.</p>

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<p>Why doesn't Harvard expand its campus and dorms so more people can get in ^_^?</p>

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<p>I suspect it wouldn't be nearly as appealing.</p>

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<p>Harvard is expanding its campus.
I'm not sure if it will increase the student body by much however.</p>

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<p>chances can't be slimy</p>

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<p>who cares. white people are majority rest is minor. more of us get into ivies although its tougher for us</p>

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<p>your math is wrong. u should divide white-in/total. divide white-in/white applied. you don't know whiteapplied so i don't see how you could possibly even know that. nice try though.</p>

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<p>I agree with all of the complaints above.</p>

<p>In addition, how can we assume that all legacies and athletes are white? I'm sure that plenty of legacies and athletes must be non-white. Heck, I happen to know a guy who is a black Harvard football player who is a legacy. People like that obviously reduce the total number of legacies and athletes out there that should be counted as "taking up" white spots (if such a concept really exists).</p>

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<p>How many applicants were white non-URM/legacy, Einstein?</p>

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<p>dude ***. you're math is so messed up</p>

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<p>you fools obviously can't interpret statistical data. I'm not saying that they have a 4% chance of being accepted.</p>

<p>Basically what i'm saying is that, when white non-legacy or athlete students look at harvards admission rate of 9%, it's really 4% for them because it basically a guarantee that the rest of the 5% will be taken up by asians, latinos, blacks, legacies, and athletes (and internationals which i didn't include). Why pick white students? Because that is the majority of people who apply to ivies (and are accepted).</p>

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<p>yeah guys... it's basic math </p>

<p>9-5 = 4. Duh.</p>

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<p>Crap! Apparently I'm a fool for not seeing that! And I'm in college? I think I should go back to 1st grade! What an idiot of me! Of course 9-5=4%. I'm stupid. token89, sakky and the rest of you guys...we need to go back to 1st grade. And vesalvay, you're going to Columbia? Please.</p>

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<p>the point is not the percentage or the how accurate the math is, look at the big picture.</p>