My Med School Application Was Withdrawn Overnight—And My Sister Was Responsible

parents always brushed it off.

“She’s just teasing,” my mother would say. “You know your sister. She doesn’t mean it.”

“Don’t be so sensitive,” my father would add. “You’re smart. It’s natural she’s a little jealous sometimes.”

You’re smart. She’s jealous. As if that made it my problem to manage her feelings.

But this was different. This wasn’t juice on continue reading …