Effect on Admissions

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>I am a junior this year. I have a very strong academic record (4.0uw) and a 2300 SAT. I have multiple national awards for business competitions.i am involved in 5 service organizations including helping special needs kids. I also tutor afterschool and run cross country,track, and played an instrument for 4 years. I have 100+ hours of community service. I'm also in the top 10% in my class. Unfortunately, I had a terrible lapse in judgement and integrity and I received an Honor code violation. I regret doing that so much and I wish I could fix it but I can't. I have never done anything like this before and I have never received any disciplinary action before. I understand that colleges will see this and it will impact my admissions to schools. Could anyone tell me how bad of an impact it is? What is the extent and how damaging is it to my chances at admission at schools like Emory or Georgia Tech?</p>

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<p>So what does that mean? A detention or something?</p>

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<p>What exactly did you do, and how were you disciplined?</p>

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<p>Basically we need more information, also will this get reported to colleges (some schools will not report anything other then suspensions)?</p>

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<p>Was it violating dress code? Cheating on a test? Drug deal? Murder? Hahah “terrible lapse in judgment” could cover a lot of ground.</p>

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<p>Sorry guys…I received an honor code for cheating. I know its really bad and I regretted it from the moment it happened and I deserve the consequences. I’m just really worried because I have worked so hard my entire time in high school and I am afraid this one stupid mistake is going to undo all that work and effort for college admissions.</p>

<p>Sent from my GT-P3113 using CC</p>

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<p>Which has no detention but it goes into my permanent record for college applications</p>

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<p>Were you suspended? If so you’ll have to check a box that says you were suspended and I believe give the reason. Either way colleges are going to see it, I’m sure they’ll understand especially if you work how you regret it into an essay somehow.</p>

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<p>Your counselor will also discuss it in her school report-- the effect it’ll have will largely depend on how she chooses to address it.</p>

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<p>I was not suspended. The only disciplinary action will be that on my record it states"honor code violation-cheating,etc." . I really do regret it and it feels like the countless of work and effort I put in were lost with this one lone incident. I’ve never cheated before and I’ve never even received a detention or been scolded by a teacher. Can anyone tell me how severely this will hurt applications to schools like Emory, Ga Tech, Cornell?</p>

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<p>To be frank, probably not well. A lot of schools will see that and balk, especially because academic dishonesty can get you expelled at the higher education level, and the schools you’re looking at may have even stricter honor codes. However, if your guidance counselor will write you a school report that paints you as remorseful and the mistake a one time thing, your chances will be better than if your counselor either simply states the facts or comes down on you harshly in her report.</p>

<p>And at schools as selective as the ones you’re looking at, schools are looking for reasons to reject applicants, simply, because there are just too many of them.</p>

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<p>TO be honest, it all depends on how your counselor chooses to address it. At the end of the day it will still look bad and it may even make adcoms question your perfect GPA. If I were you I would talk to my counselor about this.</p>