Hey guys,
With the UC application deadline coming to close, I have a urgent question.
I have a “voluntary withdrawal” from my private high school during my junior year for helping my friend cheat on exam (I was literally begged).
My transcript simply says that I withdrawed from high school (not expelled), and Dean declared that he would not disclose any information about the incident.
Afterward, I transferred to public h.s. and graduated there.
Now, I am 2nd year C.C. student, have 4.0, looking to transfer to Berkeley or UCLA.
On the UC application, there is no place to even write about the incident except maybe the additional academic history section…
Should I report the withdraw from H.S.? Would they even care?
If I don’t, and they see that my most recent high school was from second semester junior year, would schools actually look into my past records to see what happened?
Thank you all!
It does not look like UC cares about high school stuff at all for junior level transfers, other than if you use high school work for some base level requirements, or AP/IB scores for some subject requirements:
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/preparing-admission/minimum-requirements/index.html
http://admissions.berkeley.edu/transferrequirements
http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/tradms.htm
However, if you are admitted, you need to submit high school transcripts as well as college transcripts:
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/after-you-apply/transcript-submissions/
So since nothing would be written about it in my transcripts, I would be ok?
Have you seen the transcript to see what it says? If it’s not mentioned there then don’t bring it up.
Ok! Thanks for the opinions! I decided not to talk about it in application. I have another concern:
Should I write my CA SSID number? Can they track down my incident from that number if I write it?