There are some companies and schools that actually have lower acceptance rates than Harvard.
This is not to discredit Harvard in any way, because Harvard University is one of the most prestigious schools in the world, and getting in there is not easy. This year Harvard accepted just 5.33% of its applicants, making it among the most competitive of the Ivy League Schools.
There are some companies and schools however that do actually have lower acceptance rates than Harvard, so LifeDaily lists these 9 companies/schools:
9. Stanford University
Stanford University is the most competitive college in America- even more competitive than Harvard. It’s admission rate for the class of 2019, which yes, is four years away is just 5.05%. Stanford has many famous graduates including former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, and several Supreme Court justices and Nobel Prize winners.
8. The Data Incubator
Foursquare’s Michael Li began this startup company in 2014, which is basically a boot camp for data scientists.
The Data Incubator website states that they only accept fewer than 5% of their advanced-degree applicants, which is due to the hires requiring intense training. Even if many programming Ph.D.s have solid research skills, few can meet the pace of this startup.
7. Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs is named one of Fortune magazine’s 100 best places to work in 2015, which is a huge accomplishment because out of the 21 years since Fortune magazine started this list, Goldman Sachs is only one of five that makes the list every year.
Last year, Goldman hired just 3% out of it’s 267,000 job applicants, compared to Harvard’s 5.33%.
6. Y Combinator
Y Combinator is an exclusive startup program, sort of like a startup school, that was founded by Paul Graham.
Besides accepting less than 3% of applicants, Y Combinator considers only 10% of its graduate startups successful after a few years.
5. Walmart Washington D.C.
When Walmart opened in Washington, D.C., they received over 23,000 job applications, and out of those 23,000, they only hired 600 associates, which is a 2.6% acceptance rate- twice as selective as Harvard’s and over five times as choosy as Cornell.
The workers only get paid $8.48 an hour as well, while many Harvard Graduates can expect a six figure income.
The Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad (IIM-A) received 173,866 applicants for its 2012-2014 class, and accepted less than 1%!
This University has the luxury of being extremely choosy because of India’s large population, comprised of exceptional students with high grades.
2. Delta’s flight attendant corps
To be a flight attendant at Delta, you have less than a 1% chance.
In 2010, Delta received 100,000 applicants for 1,000 jobs, and in 2013, they received 44,000 applications for 400 jobs. Being the world’s second largest air carrier, Delta has a right to be extremely choosy.
1. Google
With around 3 million job applications received a year, Google only hires about 7,000 people, which is less than a 1% acceptance rate.
This can equate to only one in 428 applications ending up with a job, which makes Google more difficult to get into than Harvard.
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