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Make yourself seem like the kind of person who will eventually donate lots of money to his Alma mater. But don't be obvious about it or you will seem low class.
Also explain why you are totally committed to promoting the kind of diversity that colleges value. But since lots of people have figured out that colleges look for this try to come up with some credible signal.
I'm not saying this wouldn't work, but I think it this violates the "without lying" clause. Even if it's not technically lying, my goal is to stay securely within the territory of honesty, not to get as close as possible to the border.