<p>Alright, on the last day of school, one of my friends was caught cheating on his final exam. He is a very improved student and really just procrastinated and decided to cheat. He got a 0 on his exam, dropping his overall grade. He was put in in school suspension for the period, and the Assistant Principal threatened to call his parents but never did?Basically I am very worried for this friend of mine. Will the suspension be reported to schools he is applying to?Since it happened on the last day of school, and his parents weren't notified, and no further action occurred, do you think it will blow over by the start of school?What should my friend do?</p>
<p>Any case of cheating is put on an academic record. Therefore, It will most likely be reported to the school he is attending to apply to. However, I’m sure your friend can still find a college to accept him.</p>
<p>You would have to talk to your school (or get him to talk to the school!). My school does not report any disciplinary actions or cheating incidents to the colleges but there are schools that do.</p>
<p>Even if this incident does not affect your friend’s admission into UCLA, I would question the prudence of enrolling in a competitive school where one needs to cheat just to maintain “borderline” academic stats.</p>
<p>When applying to schools that use the common app, this will be included on the application. Then, the GC will have to explain in detail what happened. This will likely stay with the student when applying to college. He probably had no follow up because it was the last day and there would be no real way to enforce a punishment. But colleges really crack down on cheating, no matter what your circumstance is.</p>
<p>They did take formal discipline (suspension) so it would matter I think. If they didn’t take formal discipline then it wouldn’t matter I think unless they made a point of it.</p>
<p>@annieBeats @theanaconda @xFirefirex @TheJHUenthusiast I have a moral dilemma. I am the founder of SNHS at my school and applications were due 1 week before the last day of school. His GPA is barely acceptable(3.53) out of an acceptable 3.50, but his new GPA with the final is 3.47. Technically, I am supposed to allow him because admission is based on the cumulative GPA of the 3rd quartile of freshman,sophomore or Junior year. But I am supposed to rescind him once all applicants send in their cumulative GPA at the for the end of Junior year. Should I let it slide considering he is my first friend when I moved here 5 years ago? </p>
<p>If there was a suspension imposed by the school, even if in name only (ie there were no more days of school to be suspended), the student MUST answer the common app question “yes”. This common app question is the same one that a student would have to answer yes if he/she murdered someone. Then there is a place to explain. In addition, the school ALSO must check a box on the guidance counselor’s form. This obviously is a big problem for any student who wants to go to a selective school. If the student has very few other warts in his application, it may not be a death knell, but a disciplinary action AND a poor grade or a poor standardized test score starts to stack the deck. I basically believe that for selective colleges, students can MAYBE have one mulligan, but not two. </p>
<p>Yeah they took disciplinary action so he’ll have to check it and it likely will significantly lower his chances (maybe his safeties will now be matches etc). If they hadn’t taken disciplinary action, then I think he’d have been ok.</p>
<p>@ghana1996 Honestly, cheating is pretty lame man. If you think it was a one time thing let it slide. If not he would likely get caught cheating at ucla anyways and get kicked out.</p>
<p>You need to speak with the SNHS sponsor, and find out if you have the flexibility to simply not admit this friend because of the information about the end of the year GPA, or if you must follow the SNHS policies and admit followed by immediately rescinding. You do not have the option of overlooking the drop in the GPA just because of your friendship. The rules are the rules. It is that simple. “I’m sorry pal, but this is out of my hands.” is the answer you give if he asks why he’s not eligible to retain his membership.</p>
<p>Procrastination has its consequences. He is fortunate to have this experience now, rather than later on in life.</p>