Harder to get job at Apple computer store than to get into Harvard

[laraine]

This doesn't seem like a fair comparison, yet I think there's
some truth to it:

It's Harder to Get a Job At the Apple Store Than It Is to Get
Into Harvard

From The Business Insider, Nov. 12, 2009:

It's apparently significantly easier to get admitted to Harvard
University than it is to get a job at the Apple Store. At least
for Apple's newest store in New York.

At a press event today, Apple said that 10,000 people
submitted applications to work at the new store on
Manhattan's Upper West Side, according to Gizmodo's
Matt Buchanan.

Of those, just over 200 got jobs, for a 2% acceptance rate.

Meanwhile, Harvard's acceptance rate was 7% this past
year, according to a March report in the Boston Globe.
That's 29,000 applications for about 2,000 admissions.

Obviously, the requirements and admission processes
for college and a retail job are much different -- these
aren't direct comparisons. But it's amazing how selective
Apple can be with its retail employees. And it's amusing
that, at least statistically, the odds of getting into
Harvard are better than getting a job selling iPods.

This may put new meaning into the term "Genius Bar."