<p>I just got my first suspension for something stupid I did. Some kid at our school forgot to log off his account so I pulled a little prank on him by moving all his files into folders that said "log off next time". </p>
<p>I got a 2 day suspension for that. I feel like the school is making it sound so much more serious than it is, and I feel like I'm a felon lol. </p>
<p>Nothing I can do about the suspensions now though :/. I plan on spending my extra long weekend learning a lesson, catching up on all my homework, and getting organized since I've been pretty unorganized this year. </p>
<p>I'm just especially worried about how this will affect me in the future, with my college and job. Will this stay on my record forever and will it mean a big deal to the admission officers? My principal told me she can remove it from my record if I stay out of trouble until the end of the year but I don't know if that's true.</p>
<p>Yes it can be wiped from your record with good behavior. </p>
<p>Disciplinary action usually holds a negative impact on college admissions, but in Common App you will have a chance to explain yourself. Basically, take responsibility, what you learned, apologetic etc.,</p>
<p>But for now you should definitely play it safe and not do anything questionable like that so you won’t even have to worry about it when admissions rolls along.</p>
<p>It is a definite dissuader for college admission. Explain yourself in your application and do not brush it off like you did just now. Taking accountability in your application is the best thing you can do. </p>
<p>Most job applications dont ask you about high school, so you should be fine on that front at least. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>One thing that confuses me though, if the suspension does get wiped from my record, should I even bother explaining it on my application? </p>
<p>Thanks for the replies!</p>
<p>If it hasn’t been wiped yet I would. Or else the colleges that have been sent your school report with the suspension on there will see a suspension there with no explanation from you.</p>
<p>If it has been wiped out for good behavior, you don’t have any explanation to give since it “doesn’t exist” as far as the school goes and hence the college.
If it has not been wiped out (which would mean you did it again) then you’d be in trouble because you’d have to explain why you did such a thing twice after getting a fair warning.</p>