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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 3074689, member: 2500"] I've told this story before, but not recently. When I took my PSATs I was still drunk from the night before. I just barely got into the room before it started and wasn't quite ready to focus. While I got a 1290 (old scoring system), it took awhile to get into a flow. Right off the bat, I accidentally ticked the box for "Puerto Rican" instead of "white". If I could've convinced my mother to say my late dad was born in PR and adopted by well-meaning Anglos, I would've been looking at a fellowship from MIT. Also had a full ride offer from the Naval Academy. I still have those letters. Both me and my mom were very impressed until we realized my mistake. I corrected it on the SATs and the offers dried up, lol. I imagine even honest mistakes (or drunk ones as the case may be) are scrutinized more thoroughly these days, but hey, if you can fake being from a US territory, that might be your "in". [/QUOTE]