<p>“Wow. My mom is thinking of doing the same thing to a college that deferred me. Except she’s doing it in a more diplomatic fashion. She plans to contact a few professors she knows, write to our Congressman, and formally accuse the school of discriminating against my minority status.”</p>
<p>All this will do is tick off the admission staff, annoy the professors and Congressman’s staff, and make your mother, and unfortunately you, look bad. You still won’t get in, but you will be remembered in a bad way by many including some whom you may encounter later.</p>