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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (759957)12/29/2013 3:27:43 AM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (1) of 1574690
 
Hi TimF; Re: "For example, Walmart received 23,000 applications for 600 new jobs at the two new stores that it opened this week in Washington, DC. That’s more than 38 applications for every position. In contrast, Harvard only gets about 17 applications for every available opening in its freshman class, ...";

Maybe the difference isn't entirely due to Walmart being so much more attractive than Harvard. Maybe it's partly because applying to Harvard costs $75 while applying to Walmart is free.

-- Carl
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