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Not to throw water over the celebration, but if you live in the center of the US, and in the middle or lowercase, it isn't that hard to get into those universities as long as you have above average ACT/SAT scores. They are required by law to accept a cross section of students. It's the lesser known part of the affirmative action laws since it doesn't apply to race or gender, but wealth and social status. I was accepted onto MIT because of this. (And another reason but that reason is why they ran my application with out ever formally applying.