Paint yourself black (or brown), fake an ID, change your last name to something like Williams or Fernandez, and your chance will significantly improve. Also, being female helps too... at least for MIT.
How to do all these? Heh, don't ask me. For aid, Michelle... ahem... Michael Jackson is your best bet. She, I mean, he, no... whatever... will explain to you how to merge with American liberty with the spirit of capitalism, plus a taint of affirmitive action, may be.