Just got suspended

I’m panicking. I was accepted in Rutgers and a few other schools on my list. Unfortunately I had an e cigarette in school today and was caught with it. I was given a 5 day suspension. What will happen to my acceptances. The school said they don’t send this out to colleges but I read online that they have to. Also if they don’t, do I tell them. It is the only suspension I ever got in my academic career. I wasn’t even smoking it. My parents are appealing it to the superintendent. What I did was wrong but I hope it doesn’t ruin my life. Any advice or guidance is appreciated.

5 days out of school? for an e cig? What is the whole story? Private school?

@18engg A suspension like that is fine. There’s a lot worse students do.

They said it’s become a rampant problem. The code of conduct doesn’t state 5 days but they said they have a no tolerance policy. The appt with superintendent is next week after the break.

Another thread today like this: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/2126731-will-suspensions-affect-my-chance-of-admission-into-ivy-leagues-or-any-college-in-general.html

Same thing thing, got suspended for vaping.

@10s4life My dad asked directly that the punishment didn’t fit the act and it would impact his college acceptance. The principal and assistance principal said, we do not report these issues, the school will only forward your final grades. The absence is showed as OOS, out of school, and if a school asks they don’t provide disciplinary information without parents consent. Either way I messed up. But I hope I don’t lose my future in these colleges.

So will college find out. Do I just keep quiet.

@18engg Most state schools won’t find out. Nor will they care. If they do you’ll most likely be given a chance to respond. Vaping won’t cause them to rescind. It’s very common in college campuses.

@10s4life thanks

Hoping for the best

This is interesting. Why would a college rescind your acceptance? Has it happened and why. Suspensions? Bad grades. I thought I was safe. Actually my whole senior class is on semi auto pilot, work has slowed down and just ap calc and AP Macro are pushing us.

@austinmshauri Fair question. There was another “just got suspended for vaping” thread yesterday: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/2126731-will-suspensions-affect-my-chance-of-admission-into-ivy-leagues-or-any-college-in-general.html

The OP here said he was trying e-cigarettes to “go along with the crowd”. I’m making a point of talking about this with my son in high school, and he seems to be fairly savvy about peer pressure. You are correct that the history is not important in these individual cases, but I think it would be helpful for the CC community to hear a few details about how experimenting with vaping/Juuling ultimately lead to a suspension.

I haven’t slept all night. Can’t believe how I ruined my academic record. The school said they only send end of year transcripts. If a school asks for disciplinary records they won’t give it without students permission. Do schools ask for this once you have been accepted.

@damon30 the sad part is my dad spoke to me at length, many times about this, I would say no 1000 times but I relented finally. This incident shook me up more than my dads talks.

IMO, this is the real problem. If you are in touch with your guidance counselor and school principal and assistance principal, then you should go by what they tell you, and not by what anyone on the Internet says. Ultimately this is out of your hands, so obsessing on it will only cause you to lose sleep and take time away from studying. As others have said here, this incident is very unlikely to impact your college acceptances, however a severe case of “senioritis” could easily have that effect. Talk to your school officials if you are still worried, but otherwise put it out of your mind. A healthy state of denial is the best defense in these cases. This will pass.

@18engg This is very helpful for others to hear. Thank you!!

In addition to speaking with you school about how/what they will report, I think you need to look at the wording of your acceptance and what Rutgers require you to report. I know that many school consider these suspensions an internal matter and do not report to colleges, however, the Common App asks you to self-report any discipline since Grade 9. Since you were suspended after Common App was submitted and after acceptance, you need to find out what the college requires you to report.

In my personal opinion, this is probably not the type of offense that would result in rescinding. If it had been violence to another student or cyberbullying that might be viewed more seriously. As vaping has become more of an issue, high schools are cracking down and the punishments are severe compared to the crime.

@Momma2018 That’s great advice for him/her. My child checked the acceptance page and what is required. This is what was listed:

Please have your school counselor or college registrar submit final official transcripts of all coursework you have completed as soon as your current semester courses are completed and all grades recorded. Official transcripts from any college attended are required. 2019 high school graduates must also submit a final official high school transcript showing all courses and grades. Your final official college records must include certification of any diplomas or degrees and should be sent as soon as they are available, but no later than July 1, 2019. Your enrollment at Rutgers is contingent upon satisfactory completion, with no significant decline in grades, of all academic work still in progress when your application was reviewed and that all information provided on your application was complete and true. When you accept our offer of admission, we will check your file to verify that all of your high school and college transcripts have been received and are official. If your final official records are not received and/or are not consistent with the records with which you were admitted, your admission can be revoked.

Thanks everyone for feedback. My school says they don’t report disciplinary records so I guess I have to believe that. My dad is meeting with superintendent after the winter break as well.

Typically this kind of thing is erased before the final record is sent to colleges provided you don’t do it again.
So, keep your nose clean and your lungs clear, and you will be ok.