My Med School Application Was Withdrawn Overnight—And My Sister Was Responsible

No new messages. Nothing but the evidence of my own desperation in the sent folder.

I didn’t sleep.

Instead, I lay in bed, eyes wide open, the ceiling blurring above me. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the word withdrawn printed across the darkness in big, bold letters.

In the silence, memories of my sister kept rising up like ghosts.

Lena pushing me continue reading …