Haha yeah it’s called Bamba, it’s a very delicious snack and my parents said they would let me eat a bunch of it when I was younger for this very reason. You can get it in the states.
The university I attend is considered moderately competitive (~35% acceptance rate). Each year since the year I was admitted it has only gotten more difficult to receive automatic admission (top percentile students). The highly coveted classes at this university are reserved for students that require the course in order to graduate on time, because the demand is generally much higher than the supply of professors to fulfill that demand. This means you cannot take relevant courses across departments. I get the impression that these "elite" universities are busting at the seams and can barely cater to the influx of students they are receiving each year.