I Was Told Not to Attend My Sister’s Yale Graduation Because I Wasn’t Good Enough Until I Returned as the Speaker

and told me I had six months to prepare for the MCAT. We kept on with work and she drilled me relentlessly during slow moments in the department, pulling me to the nurses’ station to answer questions about enzyme pathways or neurological sequencing until I could answer without hesitation.

My score placed in the ninety-ninth percentile.

I applied to Yale continue reading …