<p>I'm getting ready to apply for college soon and was wondering how getting caught cheating can affect my admissions. Ok so as a freshmen, I was caught cheating on a french test and received an Honor Code Violation from my school. I didn't get suspended or anything like that, just a notifcation to my parents. When I apply for colleges, will they ask if I have cheated? Can I still get into National Honor Scoiety or Science National Honor Society?</p>
<p>Eh it was a really dumb mistake. My friend said to make my guidence cousler write a letter to what college I want to go to, saying the incident was an stupis mistake. I really really want to get into Sophie-Davis med. program in New York. I'm also thinking of applying to NYU and maybe Cornell. I have like a 99 avg, great SAT and SATII scores, and a bunch of extracirriculars and hospital service. So will cheating affect my chances THAT much?!</p>
<p>On the applications for many colleges, teachers and guidance counselors have to rate students in terms of their ethics. If a student has been caught cheating, that would cause many teachers and GCs to give low marks for ethics.</p>
<p>As for your friend's idea that you should "make" your GC write that what you did was a stupid mistake, you can not make your GC write anything. Some colleges do, however, "make" applicants with honor code violations write an explanation.</p>
<p>Whether you get into the honor societies depends on how your school reacts to your having been caught cheating.</p>
<p>If you cheated only once during high school, I highly doubt the college or the GC would really mind. The only thing they'll probably write is how you learned from your mistake and never cheated again. The honor societies: It depends on your school. Example: if you're caught cheating at my school, the chances for being inducted into the NHS is next to zero.</p>
<p>Since it's only freshman year and one incident, I don't think that it will severely affect your app. As long as you learned your lesson and your techers think you've reformed.</p>
<p>I highly doubt anyone is going to remember that you have cheated. It's like getting detention or being sent out of the classroom, nobody really cares that much. Just don't bring it up.</p>
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That's why they have written records, so people don't have to remember. They just open up the folder, and zam! there it is.</p>
<p>And BTW the Common App asks counselors "Has the applicant ever been found responsible for a disciplinary violation at your school, whether related to academic misconduct or behavioral misconduct, that resulted in the applicant’s probation, suspension, removal, dismissal, or expulsion from your institution?" So if Honor Code violation is seen as being placed on probation, then it looks like it goes on the report.</p>
<p>Ugh that permanent record crap is the biggest load of BS. I've seen my school's permanent records, and it's amazing what teachers can make such intelligent students believe. The only thing they keep at my school is suspensions and severe things like that. </p>
<p>But Fear the Cheese I'd take some of these answers lightly, a bunch of the users here would probably execute you for cheating.</p>
<p>At our school we have this thing called an "In School Support" room which is a step above detentions and a step below suspension. I wanted to know, should I report that as a suspension?</p>