<p>In the beginning of junior year, I stole an English quiz from the teacher's desk, and received a 3-day suspension. I understand that I have to report this incident on the common app, and I am going to tell them about my bad judgment and great lessons learned from this mistake, as suggested by my guidance counselor.
Here are my stats:
GPA: 3.7/4.0, 4.5/5.0
SAT: CR- 640, Math- 740, Writing- 760 (1st time)
Varsity track for 2 yrs
Governor school, NHS, science fair awards, district and regional band, county orchestra, numerous writing publications, 80 hours of volunteer etc.
I fully understand that the suspension will hurt me, but I was wondering if you could tell me what is my chance of getting into the following schools that I am considering to apply:
Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Carnegie Mellon, Lehigh, Wake Forest, NYU, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Case Western</p>
<p>That incident could kill you, but without it you would have had a good chance at any of the schools.</p>
<p>I don’t think admitting your action will hurt you as long as it was a one-time incident. (although certain schools are more strict about this than others–for example, I wouldn’t apply to the service academies or to the University of Virginia). However, at your choice of schools:</p>
<p>Cornell–Slight Reach
Johns Hopkins–Reach (they might be stricter than most others on your list except Vanderbilt)
Emory–Match (they are strict on ethics, but also more forgiving)
Carnegie Mellon–Slight Reach
Lehigh–Match
Wake Forest–Match
NYU --Match
Michigan–Match
Vanderbilt–Reach
Case Western–Safe Match</p>