<p>Although I do think the situation could have been handled better, I think you may be making a mountain out of a molehill. Based on your reaction, it seems you think the school officials were trying to hide somethingstop you from talking to those students. Do you really think this was the case? It is hard for me to picture the scenarioyou casually walking over to a group of students, two admissions people observing your intent, and immediately go into Operation **Stop Students from Talking to Prospective Parents **mode. How did the adcoms know the roles to play—one adcom would shoo the students along, while the other one would talk to youoffering you an opportunity to speak with the Stepford students. How do you know that these kids in the cafeteria would not be the same students she would have brought to the admissions office if you had accepted the adcoms request to set up an interview for you? When she did make this offer, did she offer any explanation why you couldnt speak with those students at that particular time? Did she even say anything such as, the lunch hour is almost over, and the kids need to get to class? Or, did she just walk up to you and say, If you would like to speak with the students, I can arrange an interview for you. I guess if it were me, I would have asked the admissions person about it when my daughters interview was over (I think you referred to this person as Adcom1.)</p>
<p>Again, I do agree it wasnt handled smoothly, but unless you truly believe there was an overt conspiracy to keep you from talking to random black students, I would just chalk it up to an awkward situation. If you think the students would have told you negative things about the school and that is why they were being kept from youwell, than that is another story—reason to be concerned and reason not to apply to the school.</p>