summer programs (not minority)

<p>a lot of the reputable summer programs that i would be interested are minority ones: YESS, LEAD, MITES etc. however, i am not a minority.
should i even apply to these? has anyone in my situation gotten in?</p>

<p>and, does anyone know of any low cost (or even free) programs that are not as competitive as TASP or RSI? i am open to humanities and math/science.</p>