<p>This one is an interesting case.this my first semester as an international student.at the end of this semester i got a letter saying my charges...1..2...3....which are basically cheating,helping during cheating, be present but not to report.so i am expelled from grad school, and i appealed for commette review.now the interseting facts are, from the very first day i am being honest,said everything what happend.this was the hardest assignment one can have and almost 40-50 students were there in the library doing that in small groups.but the investigating officer got only 8 papers due to similar mistake.among one of those 8, one said- can you please check the cc tv on.... at... ,you will see all of us.and i've figured that two of my other friends paper are similar to my one ,but the didn't get any letter saying-dishonesty.it seems like they are just stick to those 8 papers and don't want to consider anything or anyone else as the prof.send only those papers.So,finally we got expulsion.
Now,my question is,as an international student what can i say infront of them,this is my first semester and first take home assignment.my undergraduate gpa was 4 out of 4, and even in this semester it is 3.7.i am really a good student and dedicated.this was really my biggest and first mistake ever.and if i het finally expulsion,what are my chances to get admission in any other grad school.
Any suggestion will be really appreciated. </p>
<p>I’m having a hard time understanding your story, but from what it sounds like you cheated on an assignment by working on it with other students when it was meant to be completed alone. A lot of other students cheated, but only 8 got caught. It’s unclear whether you’ve been expelled already - first you say that you “got [expelled],” but then you ask what should you do if you get expelled. So I’m not sure whether you’re going before a board for a hearing about whether you should be expelled - as in you are wondering what you should say to avoid that - or whether you have already been expelled and are trying to appeal that decision.</p>
<p>First of all, it kind of sounds like you feel like you shouldn’t be in trouble because a very large number of students were involved, and because the paper was difficult. None of that matters. Cheating is wrong regardless of the number of students involved or how difficult the assignment is, and in graduate school, you should know that. In fact, it sounds kind of immature for you to say “It wasn’t just us! Look at the security cameras, you’ll see everybody cheating!” So I would drop that defense.</p>
<p>The best hope you have is to emphasize how sorry you are, how you realize the gravity of the situation, and that you will never ever do anything like this ever again. If you have an otherwise spotless record, you can point out that you have never done anything like this before and have been a model student otherwise. If you have already been expelled, find out if there is a formal appeals process at your university that you have to go through in order to overturn the expulsion, and follow those rules. That information should be in the student handbook and/or on the university’s websites.</p>
<p>If you get expelled, you chances of getting into another graduate school right away are very slim. Every grad school wants to know whether you’ve ever been disciplined academically, and you will have to reveal that you were expelled for cheating recently. Few grad schools want to admit a student who has been recently expelled for cheating. The best thing you can do is wait a year and then try to get readmitted to the program you are in currently - most expulsions are good for a certain period of time, after which you can petition to be readmitted. Find out that information before you leave. If that’s not possible, then you might need to wait at least 1 to 2 years before another program will want you.</p>