15 Things That Are Harder To Get Into Than Harvard

Christina Sterbenz and Ben Winsor, Business Insider
Thu, 09/18/2014 - 12:33pm

Harvard is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. The Cambridge, Massachusetts school accepted just 5.9% of roughly 34,000 applications for its class of 2018. As Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust recently said, "We could fill our class twice over with valedictorians." The school seeks out students who not only have high grades, but also have outstanding achievements under their belts — from overcoming homelessness to starting their own nonprofits.

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    A1. difficult to understand, do, experience, or deal with: There were some really hard questions in the exam. it's hard to say It's hard to say which of them is lying. It's hard being a single mother. hard to do Her handwriting is very hard to read. hard to please He's a hard man to please. get hard The topics get harder later in the course.
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    Noun. Filter. adjective. Comparative form of hard: more hard. He is more likely to succeed because he tries harder. Steel is harder than copper so we use steel tools to cut copper pipes. Wiktionary. Synonyms: heavier. heftier. severer. hardier. tougher. rougher. weightier. firmer. sterner. stricter. harsher. denser. knottier. grimmer. bleaker.
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