And You Thought Getting Into Harvard was Hard...

Last April, we found out that the acceptance rate for the class of 2013 was about 7 percent.  That’s a number to make even some of us upperclassmen feel insecure.  (Back in our day, we were admitted at the embarrassingly bloated rate of about 9 percent.  Good thing we managed to slip in when we could.)  These days, we wonder, could there be a statistically more impossible dream than getting into Harvard?

Well, yes, if you aspire to be a genius—an Apple Store genius, that is. Find out more after the jump.

The Business Insider observed this week that it was actually harder to get a job at Manhattan’s newest Apple Store (located on the Upper West Side) than it was to secure a place in Harvard’s latest freshman class.  The store’s acceptance rate: 2 percent.

The Insider admitted that this apples-to-oranges comparison was made purely for entertainment purposes.  Still, it inspired us to dig up some other statistics to put Harvard’s acceptance rate in perspective.  (We didn’t make these up, we swear.)

Here is the percent chance that you will...

Find out your child is a genius: 0.4 percent

Write a New York Times bestseller: 0.5 percent

Become a professional athlete: 0.00005 percent

Win an Academy Award: 0.00009 percent

Become president: 0.0000001 percent

Win the California lottery: 0.00000008 percent

Become a saint: 0.00000005 percent