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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 836377" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/05/new-milestone-obamas-america-just-tough-get-job-mcdonalds-it-be-a?utm_source=feedburner+BeltwayConfidential&amp;utm_medium=feed+Beltway+Confidential&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BeltwayConfidential+%28Beltway+Confidential%29feed&amp;utm_content=feed&amp;utm_term=feed" target="_blank">(Washington Examiner)</a> — Dan McLaughlin at RedState.com notes an interesting parallel in acceptance rates at two of America’s best-known institutions.McDonald’s&nbsp; recently received a million job applications during it’s one-day&nbsp; application event, while Harvard completed consideration of applicants&nbsp; for its 2015 freshman class. The fast-food chain accepted 62,000 of&nbsp; those applicants, which means, McLaughlin observes:“That’s&nbsp; a 6.2% acceptance rate. Harvard College’s acceptance rate for the Class&nbsp; of 2015? 6.2%. In Barack Obama’s America, it’s officially now as&nbsp; difficult to get a job flipping hamburgers as it is to get into&nbsp; Harvard.”
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 836377, member: 12952"] [URL="http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/05/new-milestone-obamas-america-just-tough-get-job-mcdonalds-it-be-a?utm_source=feedburner+BeltwayConfidential&utm_medium=feed+Beltway+Confidential&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BeltwayConfidential+%28Beltway+Confidential%29feed&utm_content=feed&utm_term=feed"](Washington Examiner)[/URL] — Dan McLaughlin at RedState.com notes an interesting parallel in acceptance rates at two of America’s best-known institutions. McDonald’s recently received a million job applications during it’s one-day application event, while Harvard completed consideration of applicants for its 2015 freshman class. The fast-food chain accepted 62,000 of those applicants, which means, McLaughlin observes: [INDENT]“That’s a 6.2% acceptance rate. Harvard College’s acceptance rate for the Class of 2015? 6.2%. In Barack Obama’s America, it’s officially now as difficult to get a job flipping hamburgers as it is to get into Harvard.” [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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