My Chances At Harvard

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<p>I'm not saying it didn't help them. I'm saying that you don't get that much help from these awards because they are very common, especially in the Harvard applicant pool.</p>

<p>Scholar: 101,391
Scholar with Honor: 41,589
Scholar with Distinction: 53,030
State Scholar: 109
National Scholar: 6,152</p>

<p><a href="http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/article/0,,150-157-0-2057,00.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/article/0,,150-157-0-2057,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>There are about 23,000 applicants to Harvard each year, and the number of Scholars with Distinction is more than double that amount. The number of National Scholars is about four times more than the number of people accepted to Harvard.</p>