<p>"…if they were complaining about the 300 character limit for the Why Carleton question on the supplement I would understand… "</p>
<p>I chuckled at this - d was over a thousand characters when she realized it wasn’t going to fit so she put it in a supplemental. All her aunts, uncles and cousins have gone to either Pomona or Carleton so d wanted to break the mold and go elsewhere…anywhere else! But, I dragged her to visit and she “found her people” as they say. So her Why Carleton essay started with explaining why she was absolutely NOT going to Claremont or Northfield and how that changed.</p>