Hello,
I am 18 years old who is/was a freshman at a university. I grew up in a fairly small town and was a good student all throughout high school. I graduated with a 4.0 gpa, I was in 4 honor societies (holding office positions in two of them) and I played varsity basketball for four years. I entered college pursuing an Athletic Training/ Physical Therapy major which was a 7 year straight through program at the university. I adjusted well in college and maintained at least B in all of my classes. The college was one of the top colleges in to country for my major and I was trying really hard to do well academically.
In the beginning of my first semester one of my roommates was dealing marijuana and he allowed me to take what I wanted. One weekend while I was off campus visiting a friend, my room got raided by campus security and the local police. My roommates stash was found with money in a safe he forgot to lock and the room was accused of distribution of illegal drugs. My roommate who sells also plays lacrosse and he could not get caught with selling or the whole team would lose their season. My roommate and a senior confronted me about the situation and told me to take full responsibility for the drugs and money so they wouldn’t lose a season. They told me if I took responsibility they would pay for my fines, house me if I got kicked off campus for a little, pay me for anything, and hook me up for the rest of the year. I accepted because I was scared of them and they said the worst that would happen is a few weekends off campus. To be clear they did not threaten me physically, but I assumed that they would make my life hell if I didn’t comply. Due to my roommates stupidity, he told the campus security that people payed me for me to smoke them up and there was a long process about my consequences. Long story short the school expelled me and I am not allowed to return.
I requested an appeal pleading my case and telling them the truth about the weed. They decided to reopen the case and they restarted the investigation. I tried calling and texting my roommate to confess but he didn’t answer. My other roommate told me that he has no intention of fessing up and I know that this situation is going to get messy. Even though my integrity is jeopardized, my two other roommates can testify for me saying that my roommate is the one who sells and I was just covering for him. Currently, I am expelled for school waiting for the university to finish the investigation so they can get back to me on whether or not I will be going back. Most likely my roommate will be fighting this case and saying that i am the one who sells instead of just owning up to it. I know i made a very stupid decision and I was not truthful with the university which can lead to severe punishments. I was just hoping if anyone can tell me my chances of going back to that university if they do find my roommate guilty of selling and not me? I was also wondering what my consequences would be for lying?
That was the first part of my forum, the next issue is what do I do if i am permanently expelled from this institution? The associate dean of student affairs told me that I technically do not have a transcript since I did not complete a semester of college and that future colleges that I apply to will not be notified unless they ask me directly. Does this mean I have a clean start. If I am still expelled from college after the final decision, my future plan is to go to community college for the spring semester and complete some regular classes. Then I would reapply to the colleges that I applied to last year to try to get into one of their Physical Therapy programs. I have some questions that I am hoping someone could answer.
- If I am still expelled, what are my other options instead of the one I said? Is my option the best one?
- Since I don't have a transcript saying that I got expelled, would it be easier to get into another college/university?
- I know I made a really stupid decision, but it this going to screw me over for life?
I am a dedicated student who has good morals and always tries his best. I have never gotten in trouble in the past or done anything this stupid, but this one incident is holding me back from my future goals.
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