<p>E-Mom,</p>
<p>Thank you for confirming the “must only be us” feeling that can be there at times. Human nature being what it is, most of us find ourselves at some point being too much of something or not enough of the same thing. It happens within groups as well as between groups.</p>
<p>My D1 attended one of the top universities-2010 graduate. She spent all 4 years swimming against the current in the Hispanic Academic community who consciously or subconsciously didn’t seem to be accepting of her “medium brown” attributes. As a parent, let alone a Latina - who was literally punished for speaking Spanish in school as a kid- it was difficult to witness. Here I was hoping my offspring would be part of a welcoming community and she wasn’t typical of the majority of the minority (funny if it wasn’t painful). </p>
<p>I frankly expected better of that school, but we are all human after all.</p>
<p>So, your reference to the two questions and your correction…is that the common application for this year you are speaking of, or some supplement? Did you handwrite an additional choice?</p>