<p>for 5 days for breaking a guy's nose. However, he provoked me first, and I wasn't thinking straight.</p>
<p>I got into Rutgers and Penn State 2 months ago. Will this suspension change their decisions?</p>
<p>Also, I applied to Northeastern, Fordham, and American 2 months ago by using the Common App. Will my suspension hurt my chances of getting in? Before today, I had no suspensions or any other disciplinary actions done on me whatsoever.</p>
<p>And do I send anything right now to all 5 colleges about my suspension?</p>
<p>It might--or it might not. They can't solely reject you off displinary, I think. Just as they can't outright deny felons jobs because they are felons. But, it could be a toss-up. They might choose to ignore it.</p>
<p>If midyear reports haven't gone out yet, it probably would go with that. But otherwise, it probably comes with the final report. You don't need to contact them, I think.</p>
<p>I asked my guidance counselor to send out mid-year reports last Monday. I don't know if she sent it before today. </p>
<p>So I don't need to contact them? What if those three colleges reject me without seeing an explanation for my actions?</p>
<p>Is the suspension a done deal? There's nothing you can do within the school disciplinary system to reduce it or do community service in school instead?</p>
<p>Were you injured, too?</p>
<p>If it were me, I would contact the school explaining the situation. You wouldn't want them to find out by someone else. I would explain how this is your first offense (assuming it is) and your punishment. That's just my two cents.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was hit pretty hard in the face with a dodgeball while I was just sitting. So, what do you guys think? Will I get revoked and/or rejected even if I explain the situation? I will say that it was my first offense, I was provoked and stupidly not thinking at the time, learned my lesson, etc.</p>
<p>And the suspension's a done deal. 5 days. I don't think the other guy got suspended. The thing is, we don't hate each other, we're actually cool with each other, and we both know that it was a mistake on both of our parts. He even kept telling the vice principal not to suspend me.</p>
<p>If your school has to tell the colleges, and if the guy who threw the ball really is "cool" with you, then perhaps he'd write a letter of support to accompany the letter of explanation and remorse that you should send the college (if they will hear about your suspension).</p>
<p>Any more thoughts on this? I still have a week until I find out what I can do about this.</p>
<p>Good job on the broken nose.</p>
<p>I definitely agree with NSM's suggestion of having the guy you punched include a letter as well.</p>
<p>The guy threw a dodge ball at me, which knocked off my glasses. </p>
<p>I want to know, would any of you guys have done the same thing?</p>
<p>Yep, lol. Our school is really stupid with the no fighting thing too. If someone punches you first, clearly starting it, and you punch back you'll both be suspended. I'm glad that I'm leaving in June.</p>
<p>If you guys are "cool" with each other and he accidentally threw a ball at you, why would you go and break his nose? Either you have extreme anger issues or you're not telling us the truth about you and this guy.</p>
<p>Even if it was my best friend, I would have done it. And I wasn't aiming for his nose but his cheek, but I somehow punched the nose. And my glasses flew off, that's how hard he hit me. Tell me you won't get angry from that?</p>
<p>Yes, especially the glasses part. That would make me go crazy, its just so .... annoying.</p>
<p>"The guy threw a dodge ball at me, which knocked off my glasses. </p>
<p>I want to know, would any of you guys have done the same thing?:</p>
<p>No. With the exception of the kind of fights siblings sometimes get into ( I have a brother who's one year younger), I have never been in a physical altercation with anyone. That includes my not getting into a fight with a girl whom I didn't even know who walked up to me and punched me when I was in high school.</p>
<p>Even if the guy deliberately threw a ball that hit your face, I don't see that as an excuse to fight him. I think that if the college that accepts you finds out about your actions, they'll have the same concerns about your temper that some of us have here.</p>
<p>Sure, I would be angry if someone deliberately threw a ball that hit my face, but I wouldn't hit them.</p>
<p>Did he throw the ball at you intentionally or was it an accident?</p>
<p>I really think it was intentional, but he accidently hit my face.</p>