<p>He was suspended for nine weeks?! Dang, if this was in most American schools that means he missed 1/4 of the school year. I’m surprised he was able to catch up and graduate on time with that gaping hole in his academic career.</p>
<p>^^he had homebound instruction while he was off…</p>
<p>That’s good, but still; what an unnecessary burden. What kind of school was this? I’ve never heard of such lengthy suspensions for anything other than criminal activities.</p>
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<p>And you’re telling this to CCers?</p>
<p>"I have seen some of these kids (many in public and private schools) at the top of the class and many of them are kids I would NOT want in my college if I were on the committee. But that is just me.</p>
<p>I will never forget the interview at Vanderbilt we had 4 years ago: the interviewer point blank said, “all your awards are lovely. Now what are you going to do for Vanderbilt when you are here?” In other words, how are you going to give back to the community?</p>
<p>Selfish, narcissistic, stats obsessed, rank obsessed kids are not the answer."</p>
<p>These are my exact thoughts. Though not all, most kids I know who constantly talk about top colleges, run for president of every society, participate in everything etc do it for college. It’s turned into sheer competition. And indeed, one of my best friends who used to go to my school was the smartest kid in math and dominated math team competitions. He got “voluntarily withdrawn” for cheating on really simple assignments in another subject… I really don’t want people like that at my school.</p>
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<p>my school is going through a very blair hornstine-esque situation right now (before the plagiarism got her rescinded from harvard–and on a smaller scale at the moment), so i can relate, lol. it’s a nightmare. >_<</p>
<p>Blair Hornstine got her acceptance rescinded? Was this after she got the federal judiciary to name her sole valedictorian?</p>
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<p>I think this is somewhat of an unfair assumption, because I know there are many intelligent students on CC that use informal speech, diction, syntax, etc. Perhaps the OP was trying to mask his/her emotions or he/she was in a hurry to receive an answer.</p>
<p>To the OP:
It is true what most people have said: the suspension can hurt your application. Nonetheless, I think the best thing to do is do what the other few people who were courteous enough to advise you said: write a detailed, unbiased account of what happened. I hope that you learned some very valuable lessons from those experiences. If you really are smart disregarding the academic violations, you would have likely chosen insurance colleges. Still, do not give up hope and wait till the very end. Perhaps some of your dream colleges may really interpret the violations as unfortunate/unlucky towards you and offer you a reprieve, perhaps some will be harsh and automatically reject, it’s all your luck. You have my sympathies and good wishes though.</p>
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<p>Yeah, I know. By the way he answered, it seems that he found OP’s post so intelligent he could only comment on the grammar and spelling instead of the content itself. And who cares about spelling/grammar on an internet form?</p>
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<p>yes, jahaba. she got her acceptance rescinded because she plagiarized passages for articles she wrote for her local newspaper.</p>
<p>about the OP’s grammar: i am a smart person (accepted early to yale) who does not necessarily use proper capitalization on internet forums. your punctuation here has little to do with your qualifications or how you write your app essay.</p>
<p>The top colleges aren’t looking for over-competitiveness? That’s ridiculous. Their admissions processes invented over-competitiveness. Do you think we do it for the lols?</p>
<p>^Top colleges want people who do it because they love to learn and succeed, not “I’m gonna be #1 because I wanna be better than everyone and become a rich ■■■■■■■ with 5 Rolex diamond watches and 10 $300,000 cars AND be super successful AND respected!”</p>
<p>But they can’t really do that, so they accept a bunch of over-competitive people who don’t love academics but care enough to do well.</p>
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Usually this means that you have the same data, but you write different lab reports…</p>
<p>In my sophomore year, I was suspended for three days for smoking… about ten kilometers away from my school. A parent saw me and informed the school. I’ve also applied to top schools (Brown, Yale, Amherst, etc.). How do you think this will affect my chances? I wrote an explanation that said that I was basically glad I was caught because it stopped me from becoming addicted and that receiving a punishment of such gravity actually had a very positive influence on me.</p>
<p>^Top colleges want people who … “I’m gonna be #1 because I wanna be better than everyone and become a rich ■■■■■■■ with 5 Rolex diamond watches and 10 $300,000 cars AND be super successful AND respected! and be a super alumnus”</p>
<p>Fixed that for ya ;-)</p>
<p>sorry for your situation, hard lesson to learn. all the best</p>
<p>heartlikeasocket, good call, letter sounds dec. although if the letter wasn’t sincere, they may doubt. best of luck to you too</p>
<p>Make a mistake as a teenager and the rest of your life will be affected? I call it sabotaging someone future for whatever reasons. I know plenty of students who cheated their way through high school. They were “experienced” cheaters, and never got cut, or were cut but for some reasons, educators and administrators were soft of these students.</p>
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<p>If you live in a traditional asian family that’s exactly what your parents will tell you.</p>
<p>IMO, your mistakes, intended or not, will cost you. Sorry</p>