> The blacks and latinos at Yale, Harvard or MIT likely outclass you My kids can claim hispanic status through their (very very Mexican mother) and conventiona

> The blacks and latinos at Yale, Harvard or MIT likely outclass you My kids can claim hispanic status through their (very very Mexican mother) and conventional wisdom is that they can both breeze into any college they care to by checking the right box on the application. Whether that's true or not, I've always warned them not to rely on it - if they coast in and find themselves surrounded by people who know the material backward and forward while they're still struggling with the basics, they're going to end up coasting right back out.