<p>MIP=Minor in possession (of alcohol)</p>
<p>This is ACTUALLY a hypothetical question (unlike many that claim to be)
If you get an MIP after you get accepted and send in your deposit and everything, is it likely for your school to rescind your acceptance, assuming you tell them (do you HAVE to tell them?).</p>
<p>I would think that colleges (of all places) would know that teens drink, especially seniors in high school who are on the final stretch. Maybe that would cause them to be more lenient in the case of an MIP...</p>
<p>Thoughts? Experiences?</p>
<p>I don’t know, but I highly doubt it. Having a beer with your friends (not bingeing) to celebrate is not going to kill anyone.</p>
<p>If you are a juvenille your records are sealed after you are sentenced so honestly you don’t technically have to tell them anything. </p>
<p>The only catch is if you have federal aid you will lose it the next year you apply because you can’t get federal money if you have been arrested. Only in this circumstance would it ever even be brought to a colleges attention that a crime was commited. Of course this is when you hear the horror stories because at top schools you never know how they are going to react, sometimes they just put you on academic probation and sometimes they flat out kick you out.</p>
<p>You can’t get federal aid if you’ve had a drug offense. Otherwise, even if you are convicted of murder, your federal aid isn’t affected.</p>
<p>^^ Wait, so if someone gets an MIP who is over 18, they lose ALL of their federal aid no matter what?</p>
<p>you won’t lose what you already recieved for that academic year but you will lose federal aid for all subsequent years.</p>
<p>I’ve heard of Harvard rescinding someone’s admission due to this, so I think that it’s possible.</p>
<p>ya seriously if that was me I would not have told them. I wouldn’t risk it. Schools like Harvard DON’T need you and they could care less if you go. It’s sooooo not worth it.</p>
<p>You lose federal aid for a DRUG conviction. That’s the only conviction that results in the permanent loss of federal aid. You don’t lose federal aid for an alcohol conviction.</p>
<p>how would harvard or any school be able to find out about your misdemeanor? do you think they actually go through the trouble of searching? i know if you’re under 18 its sealed but for over 18 anybody know how it works?</p>
<p>It is not necessarily “sealed”. It depends state by state. Michigan, for instance, has very strict laws regarding MIPs and you are not treated as a “juvenile” if you are a teenager and you go to the district court right in line with the adults and are tried as an adult. In Michigan it impacts your driving privledges, also, regardless of age. You need to learn what the potentital consequences are in the state you were caught.</p>
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<p>Since alcohol is a drug, and for minors alcohol is an illicit drug, I hope the law specifies which illicit drugs result in the loss of federal financial aid.</p>
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You can’t get federal aid if you’ve had a drug offense. Otherwise, even if you are convicted of murder, your federal aid isn’t affected.
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Mental note not to use the “I was on drugs” defense at the murder trial. :D</p>
<p>The question references drugs and specifies that excludes alcohol and tabacco offenses as Northstarmom has pointed out several times.</p>
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The question references drugs and specifies that excludes alcohol and tabacco offenses as Northstarmom has pointed out several times.
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<p>No, NSM has posted only twice on this thread, and only her second post separates alcohol from other drugs, and none of this has anything to do with my earlier comment about the feds’ level of specificity about which drugs affect aid eligibility and which do not.</p>
<p>Sorry perhaps it was a different thread that nsm answered…but I guess I don’t understand what is confusing you? Convictions related to illegal drugs excluding alcohol and tobacco. I would assume any drug related convinction would count, and is not limited to street drugs…but are you asking because of the variances in state laws related to pot? There is no specificity on the FAFSA other than the word “conviction” and no distinction between misdemeanor pot vs. felony pot for example that I’m aware of on the actual FAFSA but I’m no FAFSA expert. Might be an interesting question to pose on the financial aid page if you are genuinely intrigued.</p>
<p>i know someone who got caught drinking by the police and had a summons and he didn’t get rescinded from colby.</p>