<p>I think that much of the angst and anxiety is caused by a lack of transparency. And I frankly don’t get the reason for the lack of transparency. If the schools are tracking interest, they should let the applicants know. If this includes opening the emails, let the applicant know. </p>
<p>There seem to be many unwritten rules about the application process. Activity resumes, for example. DS and I hadn’t heard about them until a school he applied to said do not submit. Attaching other information to the app; no idea until DeanJ at Virginia show the box where all this stuff was thrown away. </p>
<p>If some information is accepted from “in-the-know” students, let all students know about it. When the application process is not transparent, people try to game the system. </p>
<p>Sorry if this sounds “rantish”. Maybe the process is getting to me. DS seems unfazed at least. </p>