<p>Hi, my name is ben</p>
<p>i haven't had a gap in my education but i do have a compelling story when i was young, around 14, i had a father who was an abusive drunk and would abuse my brother and i along with my mother we would switch from schools and towns constantly to avoid him shortly after him finding us and continuing the punishment, this caused me to develop cognitively as well as behaviorally which would set me apart from some other traditional students with that being said school was ruff for me my over all gpa was a 2.1 when graduating, i would volunteer my time constantly at the Mt. Hope family center ( it was a place where children who were exposed to violence in their homes and communities go too to seek supporting help) with my teacher and i, we raised over 5,0000 dollars for them, i am currently attending monroe community college and everything has been going well i maintain a 3.76 gpa with a 32 Act score i am a part of Phi Theta Kappa as well as National Honors Society most of my classes are honors classes and i am also on the schools soccer team as well as Africa awareness group, i was wondering if my story would be compelling enough to gain acceptance into the General studies program also i plan on being a part time student (which i don't think columbia university allow) so that i can work to help my mother finically due to her state of psychological inconvenience </p>
<p>please and thank you</p>