Jennifer Delahunty, Associate Dean of Admissions at Kenyon College, spoke of her role in her daughter’s college process as that of “wallpaper.” In her collection of essays on parents and the college search, I’m Going to College –Not You, Delahunty says, “I wanted this to be her experience entirely, but I knew she was watching me for clues. It’s not easy to impersonate wallpaper.” She went on to describe the role as so “ill-defined that we end up feeling like something between a taxi driver and a walking checkbook.”
