<p>I am planning to transfer to a University and the form asks
"have you ever been subject to disciplinary action from an educational institution?"
I am wondering how do the university know the record if I don't fill out anything?
Because I only sent them the academic record.
Will the university contact my college and authenticate something in secret?</p>
<p>Most colleges require you to also submit a College Official’s Report that reports any academic or other disciplinary actions.</p>
<p>The university did not mention anything like they would require an Official Report. Also I have searched 7~8 universities and none of them mention an Official Report. Does it mean they do not look at that or they will require it directly from the college? I’m very curious about it.</p>
<p>What they require from the college is just the transcript so far as I know. Or they will require something others additionally any further?</p>
<p>Sorry, but without being given the names of colleges, I don’t plan to speculate any further.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>It’s really just I want to know about it. You’ve no reason to apologize. Anyway thanks.
Well, for example, UIUC, they said they need transcripts of academy and language (I’m not native in English), and the application form. So do you know will they require further materials just like the Official Report? Or any other way how do they know something about the disciplinary record?</p>
<p>if u are worried about your disciplinary record then dont apply to schools that ask for it, i applied to many last year that did not ask for it</p>
<p>if it was something very serious though like u were expelled it will show up on your transcript. also you can appeal disputes through your colleges judicial affairs if you think it was wrong.</p>
<p>Thank you. It may be a way.
Not very serious, and the disciplinarian said she has no report of this kind of sanction affecting transfer opportunity. However I don’t trust these disciplinarians who have never given a consideration to students.
I wonder if I don’t fill out the disciplinary information and what will happen?</p>
<p>Most applications directly ask the question whether you have ever been disciplined and give you an opportunity to explain</p>
<p>Yes, but if I don’t fill it out and will they know that?</p>
<p>If you lie by omission, they can probably figure it out and they can revoke either your admission or degree if you got in based on incomplete information you willingly gave, I believe.</p>
<p>Unless you did something academic, I doubt the school you are applying to will care really, so it isn’t worth possibly hurting yourself down the line.</p>
<p>How do they figure it out? Will the college send them some documents in secret?</p>
<p>Could anyone input?</p>
<p>There are one of two ways a college sees a disciplinary record from a previous school.
- As mentioned previously, some schools still have what’s called a college officials report as part of their application (GWU comes to mind). This is filled out by your previous school’s department head and/or registrar and asks things like “are they in good standing?”
- The other way is that some schools have a plethora of codes they can employ on your transcript. I remember CMU had two letter “status codes” that indicated suspension, academically dropped, honor code expulsion, as well as benign ones like junior, graduated, etc. UMD uses XF instead of just F for a course grade for a failing grade due to cheating. This kind of coding is school specific.</p>
<p>If neither a official report is mentioned to be submitted nor a special mark appears on my transcript, does it mean in spite of self-disclosure the university will not find out my disciplinary record?</p>
<p>This isn’t enough info for anyone to definitively answer. In general, they ask the good standing/discipline question. It doesn’t matter if you find this spelled out somewhere. The real issue is what the issue was/is and how the target U reacts. Many ordinary infractions don’t raise the red flags that more serious troubles can.</p>