How does suspension effect your chances of acceptance?

<p>Im talking like for a student with an ok gpa, great extracurrics, and good test scores. All all around kid. How would a 3 day suspension for being caught doing the nasty on campus (its a boarding school), effect your chances at acceptance? It's for a friend...</p>

<p>Well college counselers and advisors tell you that it goes onto your perminant record, but I know people who have had good grades, great extracurrics, and good test scores who get accepted into colleges with that three day suspension. I'm sure it does have a value, but very minimal.</p>

<p>but were they good colleges? :P Ill post my stats in a sec..also, im not sure if im even getting suspended..im just really worried :/</p>

<p>My GPA is about a 3.43 UW, but it was because of only one year that brought it down due to family issues which will be the heart of my essay. Following that one semester, my grades shot back up. By the time i apply, my GPA will be about a 3.61 UW.</p>

<p>I know my SAT will be >2100 I dont know what though, and if it's lower I will take it a second time, as well as the ACT in the 30's
I will do well on the SAT II's as well - especially French</p>

<p>I went to a large public school in 9th and 10th grade.</p>

<p>I go to a private school (11th and 12th) which i think helps because of the competitive curriculum</p>

<p>** Sports **
Freshman Basketball Team (9th)
JV Basketball Team (10th)
JV Soccer (9th,10th)
Snowboarding through a school program (11th,12th)
Varsity Baseball (11th,12th)
Varsity Soccer (11th, 12th)</p>

<p>Other Extracurriculars :
Math Team (9th,10th)
Quiz Team (9th, 10th)
Speech and Debate (9th)
HMMT Harvard-MIT Math Competition (11th,12th)
High Scorer from the Darrow School team
Core Leader (12th)
Math Prefect (12th)
Science Prefect (12th)
Computer Prefect (12th)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work :
200 + Hours of Volunteer Work
Habitat For Humanity - 30-50 hours
An additional 200 hours will be done this summer at a local animal shelter (SPCA) and a local hospital.</p>

<p>AP Tests :
Calculus AB - Projected 4 or 5
AP European History 3</p>

<p>Any classes that offered honors i took.
My current private school does not offer any honors or AP classes, but is a "college preparatory" school.</p>

<p>Getting a job this summer as well...40 hours a week.</p>

<p>My essay will be phenomenal.</p>

<p>On my regents finals for NewYork
Biology - 94
French I - 97
French III - 99
Math II - 98</p>

<p>Ive taken 5 years of French and will have taken 2 years of calculus by the time i graduate.</p>

<p>There might be other stuff that I missed.</p>

<p>8th Grade
French I - A+
Math I - A+</p>

<p>9th
Money Management - A+
Biology - A+
English 9H - A+
French II - A+
Global Studies 9H - A+
Math II - A+
Studio in Art - A+</p>

<p>Summer 9th grade - Field Biology - A</p>

<p>10th
Chemisty - WF (Withdrawn Fail)
Physics - D
AP European History - C
French III - A-
Math III - B
English 10H - B+
Health - A+</p>

<p>11th
Philosophy - A-
American Literature -B+/A-
Calculus I - A-
Chemistry - A/A+
US History - B+/A-
French IV - A</p>

<p>First semester senior year :</p>

<p>Economics
Astronomy
Environmental History
Russian Literature
Women's Literature
Physics
Dual - Independent Study in Advanced French</p>

<p>Second Semester</p>

<p>Advanced Environmental Science
Ornithology
Geology
Photography I
Photography : Traditional & Digital
Physics
Dual Independent Study in Advanced French</p>

<p>I’m going to be a prefect as
Math Prefect
Science Prefect
Technology Prefect</p>

<p>And might be accepted as prefect as</p>

<p>Mailroom Prefect
Sports Prefect
Lab Proctor</p>

<p>Also this summer, the Washington and Lee Summer Scholars program in Science and Medicine is looking like something I will be doing.</p>

<p>Oh and I'm a lower class white male.</p>

<p>My sister graduated from Cornell
My brother currently goes to Cornell
My mom was a high school drop out
My father is a Russian Orthodox Priest</p>

<p>What do my chances look like?</p>

<p>Applying for Pre-Med</p>

<p>Colgate U -
Davidson C(Applying ED) -
Franklin/Marshall C -
Northwestern U -
Oberlin C -
Rhodes College -
Washington & Lee U -
Whitman C -
Vassar C-</p>

<p>What do you think my chances are...it would be great if you could show w/o and w/ suspension. Thanks</p>

<p>I thought you said it was for a friend</p>

<p>LOL, snake I was just about to say the same thing.</p>

<p>shhhh..just chance him....and/or me.</p>

<p>Having been one for 4 years, boarding school kids know the stiff penalties for breaking rules. A suspension hurts. It knocks you out of the running for prefect and other leadership positions, makes it less likely the school will go out of it's way to make you someone they promote.</p>

<p>lol.. its just for a friend.. </p>

<p>I don't know much, but I think you still might have a chance for your up there schools. Definately, um, lol explain the circumstances?.. or maybe that isnt a good idea. If you keep the rest of your slate clean and get extraordinary grades this semester and do something uber awesome this summer, you might be able to pass it off. It isnt like you murdered someone, failed mutliple classes, threatened your teacher, or vandalised property. I mean, it seems silly that they would not accept you just cuz you.. did "stuff"... when their students at college arent the most "purest" of the bunch of adolescents in the world.
I dunno, I think you shouldn't let your suspension get you down, and definately take time to plan out stuff to do so that you can shine through. The worst thing you can do is give up and just screw high school over, you have awesome ec's and your grades are okay ( if you thoroughly explain your family issues and your bad grade)
Just learn from your mistakes and move on </p>

<p>good luck =]</p>

<p>just so you all know i havent been suspended yet :)
The teacher who um...caught ..us, is a good friend of mine, and hes my advisor..so i think i met get off the hook. Plus im a starting pitcher for the baseball team and hes the coach. :). He also didnt specifically say suspension. I dunno...What do my chances look like im not suspended? :)</p>

<p>Also, if you want to hear what he said (its pretty funny), you should pm me. I almost laughed right in front of him after he said it.</p>

<p>All I can say is any advisor at the school I went to would rightfully lose their job if they didn't follow the school policy. I really doubt any would have done it though, as teaching us to act honorably was probably the number one mission.</p>

<p>You are one lucky person to have gotten off scott free. Thank your stars. With your stats, I think you have good chances to get into those schools, I cannot say for certain because I am not very affiliated with their standards. I have a friend who applied to colgate u with similar stats as you and got in. The rest, i will leave the rest of the 'experts' to decide. Good luck! and continue working hard =]</p>

<p>psst.. what did ur coach say?</p>

<p>hehe..
I can see that you had a rough sophmore year...you might consider bringing that up in your essay (i don't even know if thats something that people do, I haven't gotten to essays yet!) or writting a letter explaining it. Other than that, it seems as though you have a shot. You never know until you try. In terms of your suspension...hmmmmm, if colleges ask about it, that might be a tough one to explain. Blame it on raging teenage hormones :)</p>

<p>yeah, i got suspended :X</p>

<p>I dont think its THAT big a deal. From what ive heard colleges dont care. I mean techincally its suspension for "Being behind a closed door with a member of the opposite sex." That sounds pretty pansy.</p>

<p>how much of an effect do you think the suspension will have?
not much, a little, some, a lot, extreme amount?</p>

<p>dude seriously chill out...it's not going to have an effect</p>

<p>good, i didnt really think so.</p>

<p>Sex is beautiful. Write an essay about how you are proud of your suspension because it is a protest of the supression of basic human functions. Take that, you up tight private school administrators.
That could be your hook.</p>

<p>Yeah except when the girl is on birth control. Thats only SLIGHTLY a supression of basis human functions. HAHA that would be rich if someone actually tried to pull that off. REJECTION x 8!</p>