My Parents Paid for My Sister’s Tuition Because She Had ‘Potential’ — Four Years Later, Graduation Day Made Them Question Everything.

hardest thing you’ve ever done.” She paused. “But you’ve already survived harder.”

The application consumed three months. Essays about resilience, leadership, vision. Phone interviews with panels of professors. Background checks. Reference letters.

Somewhere in the middle of it, Victoria texted me for the first time in months.

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