<p>anywhere if you've been arrested?</p>
<p>This is what I've heard, basically. Unless you write a killer essay explaining why and who you've changed? </p>
<p>True or not?</p>
<p>so i assume u've been arrested, and u aint getting into college</p>
<p>good luck w. life bro</p>
<p>its mcdonalds for u</p>
<p>No. Just wondering.</p>
<p>in all seriousness, it depends what you were arrested for. arrested for protesting? wesleyan will love you. arrested for selling drugs, driving drunk, shoplifting? might be a little trickier. significant jail time? community college for you.</p>
<p>I know of a kid who got into a top school even with a nasty criminal record. He was an URM in foster care and did some dumb things in his freshmen year. He buckled down and got top grades for the rest of his time in high school. He wrote a pretty good essay explaining the circumstances and had his probation officer and foster care social worker write him recs. It's possible to get colleges to look past the criminal record but you should find some safeties.</p>
<p>I'm just asking becuase I want to write about how criminals aren't given a chance to persue higher education.</p>
<p>um....thats a great essay topic for someone that doesnt want to get into college...</p>
<p>Even though, it costs more to keep someone in state prison than to send someone to a state university, all expenses</p>
<p>My friend got arrested for possession and is at a top-25 university now.</p>
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<p>In prison they can take correspondence classes at college for free.</p>