<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I was caught in academic dishonesty, going for honor council in new days. I am expecting a suspension. I am an international grad student in final semester. Can anyone please tell the possible thing that can happen? </p>
<p>Will they give me suspension effective this semester or they will hold my graduation?
I will be completing all the courses by end of may 2011. Can I be eligible for OPT(work)? or should I leave to my country?</p>
<p>Please let me know</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>There is no way any of us can answer this question for you. Every school has its own policies and procedures. Without knowing what school you attend, and without a more precise description of your infraction (did you cheat on a test? or plagiarize half of your thesis?), we can’t really begin to speculate on what will happen to you.</p>
<p>I agree with Got2BeGreen.</p>
<p>We need to know
<p>We need to know the first two questions because the extent of the dishonesty decides what shall be done to you. For some small deal, you will be suspended/ put on academic probation for some time, but for the biggest ones - JAIL (like ADAM WHEELER). :(</p>
<p>If you’re a grad student, the penalty could be quite harsh - up to and including dismissal from the program. Doesn’t matter that it might be a first offense - you’re expected to know better by now, so to speak.</p>
<p>Hi:</p>
<p>I have been referred to the The Academic Dishonesty Committee by my professor. It was for an extra credit project and I submitted the solution without siting references, and I got the soultion from the internet. He said that I plagiarized and it was not my original work. If that was so, cant he give a ‘zero’ for the extra credit project instead of referring me to the committee? The professor did not give my final grade though I finished the final exam and the project was meant for extra credit. He didnt withdraw his claim. I am afraid that I may be in for an academic suspesion. I am in an engineering program and I have one more year to complete all the classes in Undergraduate. I truly want to stay and finish my degree; suspensions are terrible since it may last one year or so. I told him that I will take F for the course though I am on C. He does not want to do that.</p>
<p>Can anyone help me?</p>
<p>Plagiarism is often listed in university syllabi as being a “zero-tolerance”. Your professor can’t just give you an “F” because it speaks to your character at your university and what you’re willing to do to deceptively get a grade; you knew you didn’t cite the reference and chose to submit it anyway. </p>
<p>My husband has an MSEE from Stanford. He’s done this job for 25 years with his company. He would be able to sniff out when you would try to explain why you got an “F” because, unlike other professions, good engineering firms ask for transcripts. </p>
<p>(Graduate students usually know the plagiarism rule really well because it is constantly repeated by professors who don’t want to align their reputable names in research, with someone who has basically “cheated”.) </p>
<p>Was it worth it? You probably are out of the program by now. I just answered it because I found your callousness incredible.</p>