The SSAP is currently open to American students from Kansas State University, Purdue University, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, University of California Davis, University of Florida, Coloarado State University, Washington State University and also to Mexican students from Monterrey Tec and Iteso. Other applications may be considered. "I'd like to think that these exchanges help break down stereotypes and give people a better understanding of how two cultures can think differently but both be right" (Megan Sullivan, SSAP 1999).