<p>If you were caught cheating by a particular counselor or teacher, why would you even think of asking them for a recommendation? If you did indeed cheat, then the counselor or teacher could disclose that information, at their own discretion. You wouldn’t know about it unless you’re reading the recommendations, but they really should be marked confidential. If you cheated, you have to deal with the consequences. Academic integrity is the hallmark of college honor codes.</p>
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<p>He was caught and punished (his scores cancelled), though it’s becoming increasingly clear that, to your way of thinking, he wasn’t punished enough.</p>
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<p>I love that one. It’s hard to be “notorious” for something if you’ve only been caught once, anything else is rumor, hearsay or character assassination. </p>
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<p>Says who? You have no control over what a recommendation says, obviously it behooves you to choose your references wisely, but as miss_murd3r points out, why would you choose someone who might say something bad about you. A person writing a recommendation is obligated to speak about issues he/she knows to be true. If there is no record of disciplinary action in his file then writing about an incident they may have indirectly heard about is amazingly unprofessional.</p>
<p>He was caught and suffered a penalty; if the counselor doesn’t feel this needs to be added to his file I don’t understand why you can’t accept that, (In fact, for all you know it has been registered in his profile and will be mentioned as part of any questions from colleges). This is in no way your concern.</p>
<p>+1 to Vinceh’s post. </p>
<p>Closing remarks: It’s not your problem. Don’t make it your problem. Worry about yourself.</p>