Thanks for your replies.  I don't necessarily think I got hired only because I am a minority, but I definately think that it worked to my advantage.  As I stated earlier about my friends not being hired and I was. They were both much higher ranked than I was. As far as my admissions I made during my poly, I don't want to be too specific in details, but I will say that I totally confessed to having used certain drugs that I never mentioned prior to the exam.  When I made the admissions, my examiner told me not to hold my breath on EVER being hired.  He was wrong.