When I Dropped Out At 20, My Sister Told Everyone: “She’s The One Who Didn’t Finish.” Twelve Years Later, I’m Yale’s Dean Of Admissions. One Essay Read: “My Family Moved Past My Aunt’s Setback.” The Name? Amanda Chen. My Niece. I Picked Up My Red Pen And…

it home even though policy generally discouraged unnecessary duplication. I told myself I needed a clean version for recusal notes if questions arose later. That was not the real reason. The real reason was that I could not quite believe what I had read and needed to encounter it again outside the fluorescent administrative light of my office. I sat continue reading …