<p>In school suspensions must be reported by the student on the Common App.
A similar question is listed on the school report, so the school does have to report infractions as well
. Having just lived through this myself, I agree with MOWC, that kids can overcome serious disciplinary issues if they write thoughtfully about the event and discuss how they have grown.
My son had to report an in school suspension on his common app.In addition, as a recruited athlete, he also called the coach that was recruiting him and explained the incident and told the coach that he did not want the coach to use a slot on him w/o knowing about the incident. Also in his favor was that his prep school was fully supportive of him despite the error in judgment he had during his junior year
Thankfully he was admitted to his first choice school despite his disciplinary problem with full support of the coach.</p>
<p>lefthand- I agree that a major brawl involving serious violence is a lot different from a prep school duke-out. The best spin always needs to be put on the incident for application purposes, though.</p>
<p>MomofaKnight- your situation sounds like ours. My son was a recruit, too, and explained his history to the coaches as well as in the application.</p>
<p>I think it's great! Now, if they'd only ask about binge drinking....</p>
<p>MOWC - that's exactly what I'm trying to get at. A "prep school duke-out" and "major brawl involving serious violence" are probably the same thing, they just take place in different settings.</p>