Expelled and dismissed from College

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm a College senior, with one semester left to graduate. My current GPA is 2.31. I attend an incredibly prestigious conservatory for music in the East Coast. Unfortunately, I'm about to get expelled, even though it hasn't happened yet, (will find out in a couple of weeks) but I'm 100% certain that I will get expelled from my university. I'm being expelled for accidentally taking another students drum cymbals (I don't even play drums) which were left in a practice room for quite sometime. The school's camera in the lobby saw me exit the building with the cymbal case. Even though I was regretting doing that every step I took as I approached another building for a class later that day, I left the cymbals with security in the entering lobby to hold them for me while I went to my next class in which it will give me more time to think if i should go back and return them, and although I did not know the student from which I took them from, the university is taking this case very seriously. I did of course return the cymbals.</p>

<p>On the other hand, I asked the university to mail my transcripts to five different colleges, which are pretty prestigious conservatories as well (in the East Coast) and they did. My reason for this was for transferring. Even though I'll most probably get expelled, I plan to finish at least somewhere else that's prestigious, even though I would have to do two years instead of a semester. My reason for mailing my transcripts right now, is because at this moment they do not say that I was expelled and dismissed. And if they do, forget about transferring to another school.</p>

<p>Therefore, it's the month of may right now so I would have to wait until December to apply to the schools but they will already have my transcripts in which they don't say anything about being expelled because I'm requesting they send it now.</p>

<p>The other schools I'm applying to I was previously accepted on full merit scholarship four years ago. My best case scenario is that I'm able to apply successfully with my current transcripts (since they dont say I got expelled).</p>

<p>My following three questions, since they are making me emotionally wrecked, are as follows:</p>

<p>1.) Can I still be accepted to those schools with my current 2.31 GPA?</p>

<p>2.) Since I already got accepted with full scholarship four years ago, will they still accept me?</p>

<p>3.)Worst case scenario, Will they accept me with transcripts that say "expelled and dismissed"?</p>

<p>Thank you so so so very much in advance. I appreciate your moral support!</p>

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<p>How do you accidentally walk out of the building with something while regretting it every step? It seems as though it’s got to be one or the other.</p>

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<p>And why are you not sure about returning them? Common sense says you should try to clear up the situation instead of making it so much more suspicious. </p>

<p>Sent from my ThunderBolt using CC</p>

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<p>I wasn’t sure about returning them but I wanted to keep them, but at the same time I knew it was the wrong thing to do. Come on guys help me out.</p>

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<p>1) Dunno. You are a senior level transfer, and some schools may not take senior level transfers. A 2.31 is pretty low to try and transfer to prestigious schools even if they are music conservatories that look at instrument talent moreso than gpa–you’d have to be blazingly good at your instrument for the new college to want you.</p>

<p>2) No. They will look at you as who you are today, not who you were almost 4 years ago. Prior admission to the college and/or prior offers of scholarships will weigh absolutely nothing at this point.</p>

<p>3) You realize that at some point you WILL have to send your final transcript from you college and someone WILL see the expelled/dismissed status? Also, when you do fill out your transfer applications next fall, you will have to put your status down on the application… most applications have a question that asks in effect “Are you in good standing at your last college?” and you have to answer “No.” Another question that is often asked is if you have ever had academic or other disciplinary actions taken, and you’d have to answer for that on the application.</p>

<p>In short, your early sending of transcripts won’t be able to hide your (expected) dismissal. </p>

<p>You are trying to game the system rather than soberly face your situation. </p>

<p>Your BEST case scenario is to get expelled from your current college BUT be allowed to return after a year. </p>

<p>In the meantime, the jig is up. Start showing real remorse and take full ownership of what you did. Saying stuff like you “accidentally took” the cymbals makes you sound like a lunatic who can’t man up to having stolen something. I get that maybe you realized quickly that it was dumb and wrong, but you still did it. It wasn’t an accident, it was purposeful. Same with the excuse you didn’t know the student you stole from–like that matters? It doesn’t.</p>

<p>So, start owning up. Chances are you will need to spend a year or two working a job in the real world and then apply for transfer or if you are lucky, appeal for readmission to your college if they leave that an option for you. What schools like to see after this kind of problem is that the student goes out in the real world, works, takes on real responsibilities, matures, gains insights, gains real remorse, and then returns to the college environment. </p>

<p>By the way, your last post about “wanted to keep them” makes me have to say you are either trolling this forum or you have a serious kleptomaniac or other social problem that will require counseling.</p>