<p>Hello! I'm a Senior currently working on college apps. </p>
<p>My dream school is Florida (in state) and I know how competitive they are. I have a 4.0 unweighted, 27 ACT and 1800 SAT. I'm looking to improve those scores but that's currently how it stands. </p>
<p>I'm involved in quite a few solid ECs (14 Years Of Horseback Riding, Mock Trial, I run my own business, etc.) and I overall feel like I have an okay shot. </p>
<p>The part that worries me is the part of their application that asks if you've ever been subject to discipline from the school, and I have, but I've never been actually "suspended" in that I couldn't go to school. What qualifies as "discipline"? Technically being told to walk faster in the hall is discipline, what do I have to worry about? I obviously don't want to say "No" and end up charged with lying on my app because I wasn't clear on what it entails. I also wouldn't want to say "Yes", admit to something superficial and hurt my chances. I've had to sit in a room all day I think twice, it's referred to as "ICE" or "ISS". That's about the extent of it. And what it's for isn't really all that relevant in a college setting, not directly anyway. </p>
<p>My situation essentially boils down to this, my family does not have a lot of money. Not only that, but the relationship I have with my parents is far from civil. I have essentially raised and supported myself since I was ten.</p>
<p>I had to wear the same pair of pants to school almost every day Sophomore and half of Junior year until I switched to home schooling. There was a rip slightly above my knee, which violates the dress code policy. There was never a teacher, dean, administrator or other official staff member that ever was at issue with it. However, the woman who babysits the ICE kids actively "patrols" the halls each morning and pulls kids, (specifically thin, attractive girls, as many of my teachers have noted) into her room and writes them up for whatever reason she can think to. She even tried to have my friend arrested for "inciting a riot" when he privately confronted her over her racist tendencies. </p>
<p>A few weeks into my Junior year, she started parking on the side of the building that my first hour class was in. There's literally no place on campus that's farther from where she actual works. Every morning, she would walk the hall directly in front of my first hour and look for me, proudly declaring "I thought I'd find you here!" each time she found something that she could potentially write me up for. When I finally got a pair of pants that wasn't ripped, she started claiming that I was showing "midriff" because my shirts left about a half inch gap from the top of my pants when I was walking. I am yet to figure out how I can compress my spine to fit shirts better. It's not my fault I'm tall. :/</p>
<p>I'm not trying to play the victim here, but there's something seriously wrong with this woman. She isn't even qualified to be working with children, let alone disciplining them. She has no degree and no training what so ever. She's literally paid for babysitting services. I don't want this woman to ruin my shot at a future because she has some juvenile grudge. </p>
<p>I know it sounds like a lot, but I never, ever tried to push the envelope on what I could "get away with", as she would imply. I've never been disciplined for anything more serious than that. Ever. Should I be worried? Is there a way for me to prevent this becoming an issue if I should?</p>
<p>And I apologize for massive tl;dr.</p>