<p>Was just wondering because my good friend got expelled today from school for smoking weed and he had like a 3.6 GPA on the rise taking all the tough classes and was on 2 varsity sports teams. Is he screwed or if he turns it around is he okay?</p>
<p>r u kidding me? he doesn't go to school anymore. he won't get his high school diploma or his senior course credits. of course he is screwed. you should tell him to find a way to appeal the decision. it was kinda mean to expel him when it's app season u kno.</p>
<p>Being expelled hurts big time. Why would a college be interested in accepting someone who was kicked out of school after doing something illegal?</p>
<p>The school wasn't mean: The student was stupid for doing something that so put his future at risk.</p>
<p>It depends on if he appeals it and ultimately what gets documented in his record.</p>
<p>Out of curiousity, how did he get caught?</p>
<p>Well, if he is in California, it means two years of community college and then unto a UC.</p>
<p>He is an idiot, and deserves alot more than expulsion, if he was smoking on campus. However, he can probably do CC to a state school. </p>
<p>I doubt anyone would take him right now.</p>
<p>Community college doesn't happen unless you have a diploma or GED.</p>
<p>Is there an alternate high school program in which he can enroll? I knew a student who did that in high school and was able to finish his diploma that way and enroll in one of our state universities.</p>
<p>a lot of students smoke weed at my school so i dont find it that big of a deal and find that punishment to be too excessive. i think he should have just been suspended, done community service, and gone to court but expulsion? it wasnt even like a fight or bringing a knife to school (which my friend did and got in trouble big time).</p>
<p>Why on Earth would people smoke at school, period? They can't wait out the 6-7 hrs and do it at home? Sounds like an addiction...</p>
<p>Anyway, is it possible for him to do a night school sort of thing? I have no idea about how expulsion really goes, but if that is an option he should take it. Or maybe transfer to a different school; or wait a year, go back and finish HS, then apply to college for class of '14. He'll just have to explain the situation to adcoms himself.</p>
<p>Why would colleges not accept someone for smoking marijuana when so many college kids do it in college, and in the open. Double standards.</p>
<p>Hes going back to public school and he attended a boarding school.</p>
<p>Funny, whenever people describe a morally wrong situation (cheating, smoking, lying on apps, blah blah blah)
it's always a friend of theirs, not themselves</p>
<p>haha just jokin ;)</p>
<p>A kid at my school was expelled during 11th grade and went to some alternative school for the rest of the year. He came back for senior year and was accepted to U of Florida, among other universities. </p>
<p>Also, a very good friend of mine and her friend went to a football game drunk. They were caught and both were expelled for the rest of the year. They both were allowed back the following year, after attending the alternative school. My friend was just accepted to UCF and is now waiting on a few more schools like FSU and UF where she has a great shot at getting in. Her friend that was expelled with her is a year older than us and she is now playing D-1 soccer for nationally ranked UCF.</p>
<p>I think that your friend is screwed at the school where he got expelled. But i guess he can bring his curriculum up again if he changes school, maybe to a dieferent state.</p>
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Community college doesn't happen unless you have a diploma or GED.
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In California they are required to accept you if you are over 18.</p>
<p>Yeah Hmmmmmmm there are a lot worse reasons you could get expelled for.</p>
<p>An expulsion isn't the end of the world. What year is your "friend"? Several years ago a young man was expelled from one of the top boarding schools in the country mid-senior year for a serious alcohol violation. He was accepted into the boarding school my son attended, graduated and was widely recruited in his sport. A drug violation is viewed much more seriously than an alcohol offense, but if your friend has a good year or two of high school and writes a good Explanation of Expulsion on his applications, all is not lost. A lot will depend on his record at the next school and what kind of recs he gets.</p>
<p>My friend was a junior. A couple years ago a kid at my school got expelled in May of his Junior year for stealing computer monitors in the Computer Lab. He was allowed back the next year and he still got in and is attending Carnegie Melon, I just hope my friends fine.</p>
<p>I would advise him if/when he applies to write his essays about overcoming his drug usage and what led him to it in the first place.</p>
<p>It really just depends ho it comes out in his record and what he does now like if he can find another high school to at least get his diploma. I have two friends who were expelled from their high schools, one for being in possession of alcohol and one for pulling a knife on someone at a school event (yes these are friends of mine don't judge). Both transferred to private schools, got their HS diplomas, and are now in college, one at the University of Florida and one as the University of South Florida.</p>