I’m currently a junior in High School. I got suspended for five days twice last year. Nothing criminal related, it was mostly hanging out with the wrong people and bad influences. I accept responsibility for my actions, however.
I asked my counselor the other day about whether or not colleges will see it, and she told me that our school DOES NOT report suspensions to colleges.
So next year when I’m applying for college, could I technically lie about the suspensions (by answering “no” to the suspensions question) and get away with it?
I have a lot of very good schools that I’ll barely get accepted into with my GPA/SAT. If they see the suspensions, there is absolutely no way that I will get accepted into any of them.
Please don’t tell me that it’s a bad idea to lie about it: I know that.
All I want to know is if the college called my school to ask about disciplinary records, and my school doesn’t disclose it, can I get away with it?
Thanks!
@schleiderftw If your school doesn’t disclose it and your transcript doesn’t indicate any “suspension” mark, yes, what you are contemplating is possible, but your first course of action should be to find out whether your school transcript contains certain marks for suspensions. I find it hard to believe that a school officials would not disclose it IF colleges called to ask about it. Now, colleges will in all likelihood only call and ask if your transcript indicates suspensions. Not recommending anything. Just answering your specific question.
Yea I got an unofficial copy of my transcript the other day and it doesn’t indicate anything about suspensions.
Thanks for the response.
Anybody else have any more info on this?
Yes, I got suspended but I didn’t report it and my counselor checked the box “school policy does not allow us to disclose this information” or whatever
@XCjunior2016 Yup that’s exactly what I was looking to hear, knew there had to be some option like that.
Thanks!!