<p>How much will the admissions department take into effect if you have an arrest record or a civil offense on your record when it comes to getting accepted?</p>
<p>I would imagine they would check your background first and if they felt it was too bad, they would imediately disqualify you.</p>
<p>Or do they tend to look more closely at who you are today, and not who you were yesterday?</p>
<p>I don't actually know. I'd guess it would depend on the nature of the offense.</p>
<p>I'll echo PETKO, depends. But its a big inhibitor for sure.</p>
<p>It's definitely a hit against you. I think the biggest problem might come in the form of security clearance issues.</p>
<p>afaguy2011 - I'm not sure, really. They told everyone at Summer Seminar Session A that speeding is not a huge issue unless you get more than 3 speeding tickets in a short time interval. I would guess that getting tickets for going really high over the speed limit could be a problem, too. As for your final question, they look closely at who you were yesterday, who you are today, and who you intend and probably will be tomorrow. I would check with Admissions to find out how they handle things like that, though.</p>
<p>Well, I got into some trouble when I was 13. I was arrested(sexual battery), but I did everything the courts asked me to, got off of probation, and haven't had anything else on my record sense then. Do you know HOW far back they really look into your past?</p>
<p>uh.....that's bad. real bad.</p>
<p>From your screenname, I'm assuming you applied for the USAFA class of 2011, entering this June? I hope this doesn't sound condescending, but shouldn't you know by now whether or not the Academy was willing to overlook it? If you haven't gotten your appointment yet, then I think it would be safe to say that they consider it to be a big deal. And it seems like the Academy would take sexual battery very seriously, considering the fact that it was only a few years ago that USAFA was all over the news because of a sex scandal.</p>
<p>But all the same, I wish you the best of luck. We all learn from our mistakes. :)</p>
<p>(Also, was this issue addressed with your ALO? He might be able to help you out more.)</p>
<p>I am trying to get an appointment for this coming year, but they have told me that they havn't cleared it yet. I'm qualified for everything else though. Which has lead me to believe that if it were a big deal, they would have rejected me a long long time ago. My councelor e-mailed me asking if I had been registered as a sex offender, but I told her that bc I was so young and bc the real nature of the offense wasn't severe enough, that I wasn't asked to register. It seems as if I've just been put in cold storage however.</p>
<p>I initially talked to my ALO about it during my interview and she didn't seem like it was a problem at all.</p>
<p>I'm just unfamilar with the behind the scenes work that is going on.</p>
<p>Most of us aren't too familiar with that type of issue either, to be honest.</p>
<p>It probably would come up on a background check, so that is a serious issue.</p>
<p>Does USAFA have a complete record of it? (i.e. did you thoroughly explain it to them in writing?) If they do, you might stand a better chance than if it just popped up on their system. I'm not sure about this, so I would ask someone like your ALO or call admissions (or maybe a lawyer).</p>
<p>I asked to whom specifically I should send a notorized affadavit to, but I didn't receive an answer. My councelor never got back to me. I e-mailed my ALO and she said she wouldn't be able to get an answer until Friday, so i guess I'll just have to wait.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice</p>
<p>Anyone else have any input?</p>
<p>If anything has happened to you involving the law, there was a section on the application that asked you specifics. I filled that out because of a speeding ticket (13 over) and they ended up sending me another thing in the mail to fully detail, almost like a narrative, everything that happened. So I typed up a one page paper on how I was going to fast. I sent it in and that was that. This of course is a more sever situation so I am not sure what the process would be for such an offense.</p>
<p>I wasn't sent any kind of mail like that. I'll ask my ALO about it.</p>
<p>Just let us know when you find out something. Good luck!</p>
<p>in my application where it said to list if you've ever gotten in to any sort of trouble with school or the law I listed that I had been put in In school suspension for installing programs on my network drive. I got a call from my afa counselor asking me to explain it and i emailed a page long response to her. I also did the same for my west point application. With west point my minority outreach officer called me up and asked me to write a letter and sent it to admissions. so i typed up a letter explaining the situation and i sent it off. I got medically dq'd from usafa, but im hoping ill get a wavier for wp seeing as how they sent a letter saying they were holding a cadetship for me. so in ur situation i guess the best thing to do would be to write up a letter explaining in ur own words exactly what happened and how uve learned from ur mistakes and so on and so forth.</p>
<p>If you have already received your appointment and have accepted it and everything, what do they do if you were to get an underage between that time and I-Day. I don't have one, I'm just wondering...and for that matter what about any other problems with the law. Will they take away your appointment or what?</p>
<p>Uh, that's not a suspicious question or anything. haha :) I'm not sure, I just thought that was a funny thing to ask. I wouldn't play the "what if" game from now till inprocessing. Don't drink and you won't have to worry about it. It's not worth your appointment. And as far as any other problems with the law, I think it depends on what it is and the severity of the offense. Obviously a DUI is going to be much more serious than a speeding ticket. The 4 digs would probably know better, though.</p>
<p>You signed a legal paper saying you have not and will not drink, so they will probably take it away.</p>
<p>For any civil involvment, is there a way to get a waiver for it?</p>
<p>as always, it depends on the offense. Contact your AFA counselor about it.</p>