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…

” I was crying now, quietly and angrily and without any interest in stopping. She described reading interviews with me, finding my essays, learning that I had gone to community college before Northwestern, dropped out, worked in publishing, earned an MFA later, taught, and eventually became an admissions dean. She wrote that discovering my life had continue reading …