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A significant challenge I have faced in the past years is the divorce of my parents. My parents divorced around four or five years ago, when I was nine or ten. This challenge has not affected me academically, because throughout the process of the divorce my parents always told me that I should not allow my problems at home to affect me as a person or academically, during this time I kept up a 4.0 GPA. Some of the positive things that have come out of this situation is growing my relationship with my immediate family, and also with my non-immediate family. Another positive outcome is me being able to see just how strong I am, the divorce was very hard for me and my sister but we stayed positive and were able to overcome this problem together,
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