The night before my medical school interview, my sister poured bleach on my only blazer, and my parents told me to stop making a scene.

care,” she said. “Your official letter will arrive by email today.”

I thanked her three times. Maybe four. I do not remember.

When the call ended, I sat there crying silently into my hands until Nurse Caroline Ortiz walked in, saw my face, and dropped her lunch bag.

“Who died?” she asked.

“No one,” I said, laughing through tears. “I got in.”

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