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There is more to every student than just their standardized test scores and cumulative GPA. Behind every test score and credit earned is the person who achieved those scores all while living a life. The behind the scenes of every students’ life is the most important part. It is what makes that 4.03 GPA even more exceptional, when the events that took place during that time are unknown. The struggles that were overcome and how every student did the best they could during that time. As to be expected, I like anyone else, faced challenges at home that tested my academic abilities. In dealing with the emotional abuse of an alcoholic-bipolar mother, I persevered and did everything I could to prove I was better than the mother who was raising me.

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