Impact of ISS on College Application

Applying to College
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<p>Alright here it goes. Basically in the February of my Junior year I had the completely bone-headed idea of playing a prank on about ten of my friends. I sent a fake email that appeared as the teacher's email about postponing a research paper. I also sent her the same exact email thinking that she would check her mail on Saturday evening or Sunday and would respond with a message saying "haha it's still due Monday", and they would lose a little sleep over the weekend. Unfortunately she never checked her email, and my "plan" didn't work out as I had intended. I went out of town on over the weekend and forgot to check and see if she sent it out. I showed up on Monday and heard that 2 people didn't do it, so I turned myself in... </p>

<p>(2 Reasons a) I didn't want to be responsible for someone's grade going down, b) I was stupid enough to do it on my school laptop, so the tech people could simply do a history search and find out)</p>

<p>Anyway what ended up happening was the teacher I pulled this on thought it was funny, and that I had learned my lesson, and after chewing me out for a good long while,she and the counselor went and negotiated my punishment to 6 days of ISS.</p>

<p>What my post boils down to is: Do colleges see ISS on the transcript and if not, should I report that anyway if they ask? I've had a impeccable record in high school (discounting that incident) without even any tardies, so it's pretty easy to see that it's not "typical behavior", but I don't know how colleges would see it...</p>

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<p>Isn’t there a place on the Common App that asks if you’ve ever required disciplinary action from your high school?</p>

<p>I don’t know about other applications though, or whether it will appear on a transcript. I imagine both would depend on the particular school</p>

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<p>There is a place on the CommonApp, but it expressly states </p>

<p>“Have you ever been found responsible for a disciplinary violation at any educational institution you have attended from 9th grade (or the international equivalent)
forward, whether related to academic misconduct or behavioral misconduct, that resulted in your probation, suspension, removal, dismissal, or expulsion from
the institution?”</p>

<p>My question is if ISS falls under “probation, suspension, removal, dismissal, or expulsion from the institution”. Because I was at school, and my work was graded and put into the computer, I would think no, but I understand that completing forms and such standardized things do not always follow logical patterns.</p>

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<p>Since ISS stands for In School Suspension I think it does need to be mentioned under “probation, suspension, removal, dismissal, or expulsion”.</p>