http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=user%3acollegehopeful&o=DateDescendingSearch results for 'user:collegehopeful'en-USXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CollegeApplicationEssay-Help/hbcrn/post.htmFri, 21 Nov 2008 03:58:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:590151collegehopefulIf there has been some obstacle or bump in the road in your academic or personal life please explain the circumstances “Suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.” Hope is something that I unquestionably lacked throughout middle school. I grew up in an happy home with supportive parents but the summer before my eight grade year everything changed, my parents decision to get a divorce led to the crumbling of my world . I turned rebellious to try and get the attention from my constantly arguing parents by hanging around a bad crowd and making decisions that didn’t reflect me as a person. It was the darkest time in my life so much that I would have described my life as hopeless. My...