Expulsion on College Application

In my freshman year of high school I was expelled. I don’t want to get into specific details but basically I committed a crime (I tried to blackmail someone, I repent, don’t judge) and ended up with six felonies, none of them sexual in nature. I never went to juvie, did two years of diversion and one year of therapy. I never had to register as a sex offender and my record has been expunged. However, at the time of the offense I was expelled from my high school (I signed papers, it was a very official expulsion, no withdrawal). The next year I was let into the same high school (it was only a year expulsion) and I’ve been there for 3 years now. Basically now I’m a senior applying to colleges and I’m not sure how much to disclose. I know I don’t have to disclose the charges, but I don’t know how much to reveal when describing my expulsion. Do I just come completely clean and disclose the charges? Or do I try to avoid the specifics? Any advice is appreciated, thanks in advance!

what does your own guidance counselor advise about this? Surely they have some kind of plan for you given that you are their student.

You and your parents need to meet wtth your guidance counselor to discuss this.

This is definitely a case where each school may have different policies. The expectation will be that the expulsion is disclosed, but the details shared should be worked out with your parents and GC.