<p>I would suggest that you read the blog by Bryan Nance (Director of Multicultural recuritment at MIT) I got 99 problems....Admissions is not one.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mitadmissions.org/Nance.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.mitadmissions.org/Nance.shtml</a></p>
<p>Take note of numbers 23- 26:</p>
<p>23.Don't rely solely on your 2400 SAT/36 ACT scores to get you into MIT.</p>
<p>24.Don't count yourself out if you have considerable lower scores than those listed above. (Ed. note: ...or if you spell like Bryan does.) </p>
<p>25.DO NOT EVER BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE A STUDENT OF COLOR THAT YOU WILL BE ADMITTED SOLELY BECAUSE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. </p>
<p>26.If you are not a student of color don't fall into the trap of thinking you won't be admitted because of Affirmative Action. If you are admitted, it will be because of merit. If not, it wasn't because someone else took your spot.</p>