Originally Posted by
Analise
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What can drive undergraduate admissions recruiters like myself bonkers is how often parents can make the application process torture for their kids for all kinds of reasons having more to do with the parents than the students.
Come on, you've got to illuminate that with some anecdotes. This thread may be found by searchers in the future, leave something for 'em, but at the same time, I would be very interested to read whatever you care to share.