Dear Mom, it's not that I'm ashamed of you...

[Sikorsky]

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You could just have her sit near you, but not at the same table, and enter at different times. College doesn’t know your parent is there, problem solved.

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<p>Oy, I don’t think that solves anything! I think it just substitutes one problem (mom not respecting appropriate boundaries) for another (tension over the interview arrangements).</p>