<p>First of all I probably should say that i know it will hurt my chances so I guess what i want to know is how to go about handling it. I was suspended at the end of my junior year for the last week of school (finals) because I stole about $200 from another student. The school is a private school and so in order to hush things up they unofficially suspended me (meaning they just didnt allow me to come back but never actually said I was suspended) and I was allowed to withdraw admission from the school. I will be attending a public school for my senior, that has no knowledge of what I have done in the fall. I know what I did was wrong I guess I was just acting out but it was a really stupid mistake. </p>
<p>My GPA is currently a 3.5 but that is because I have taken the some of most rigourous courses my school offers.<br>
I would have been president of about 5 clubs that i have been involved with since my freshman year.<br>
I have 500+ hours of community service.
I am African American and i hope to one day start a barding school for underprivilged children. (it has been my dream for several years now)</p>
<p>I don't know if this information helps any I just wanted to give some background. I can write a steller essay explaining my actions and my school supports me 100%. they have erased everything from my records their only requirement was that I graduate form high school and go to college. No one but the adminstrators, the involved student,and my parents, my teachers, and myself know about it. Any help would be welcome I am an excellent studnet and all my teachers and the headmaster said they would be willing to write excellent recommendation letters.</p>
<p>Also the headmaster told me that I only have to speak about it is asked directly however that’s the kind of person I am so I kind of torn on what I should do. However I think SMU does ask directly about suspensions, etc… on their application.</p>
<p>You were expelled from school. Thats the bad news.</p>
<p>The goods news is that i am familiar with the procedure (hoorah Private schools!!). Colleges will believe that you transfered High schools and Adcoms will not know about your predicament.</p>
<p>2 reasons:
you changed schools= changed counselor
the school never disciplined you: you were given a month and “asked” to leave.</p>
<p>I’d actually say it doesnt hurt you at all. DO NOT ASK THE HEADMASTER for rec letter. Why? He asked you to leave the school…</p>
<p>find a school that does not ask the suspension question… that is one solution, not the only one. however, i believe you should answer all applications honestly.</p>
<p>its on it but she was never formally disciplined. </p>
<p>The principal or the Board of Director at the private school “asked” her to leave the school. She didnt stick around long enough for an expulsion or suspension to land. This happens once in a while at private schools.</p>
<p>When asked, put down “no” on the common app. It isnt a lie; to her best of knowledge, she was never disciplined.</p>
<p>More important than the question the OP asked, however, is her getting insight into why she stole. I suggest counseling to find this out so she doesn’t do the same thing again.</p>
<p>I’m concerned that it seems her behavior was an aberration, and she doesn’t know why it occurred. I believe she needs help to find out what happened. Otherwise, she’s risking her torpedoing other opportunities.</p>
<p>I’m just a grade 11 student in Canada who happens to get suspended two months ago for taking a school property, scanner, from the library without the school’s authorization. Though I tried to explain and justify that I was in a hurry to get my math assignment scanned, the school said it is equivalent to stealing a school property. For 5 days, I spent 4 hours a day doing community service. </p>
<p>From the rumors I’ve heard from my peers, first suspension won’t be submitted to the university admissions. There are, however, chances that universities might do some background checks on me or ask the counselors for any cases of my suspension. </p>
<p>So, if my school end up submitting the case of my suspension to my university, how much will it affect? I mean, I have about 94% average, won a provincial mock trial, and won a magic competition in Canadian Association of Magicians. Is it feasible to “cover” up such flaw by saying no to the suspension part of the application and listing all the of my merits? </p>
<p>if my suspension do go to the admission and if it does hurt my chane of acceptance,
what’s the best strategy?</p>
<p>The suspension question has nothing to do with your ECs. It is a yes or no question that has to be answered honestly. In your case, the answer is yes, you were suspended.</p>