<p>I go to the 17th best school in texas, a small private college prep school. I have never had any conduct problems through my four years of high school. Recently I was caught leaving campus unauthorized (very stupid choice). I' am getting at least suspended 1 day for truancy, and my dean said it will show up as a conduct violation on my application. I am a pretty good student, taking 7 AP's through high school, and have a 3.2 GPA (had trouble with algebra 2 honors my sophomore year). I am trilingual, have co started a club that has donated hundreds of dollars to natural disaster relief, and varsity athlete. I just want to know how much this suspension is going to affect my college application. Im going to be sending in my applications in about a month, and would love to hear some honest feedback, thanks.</p>
<p>You have to report it yourself on any application that asks, but you also get to explain it. I would rather have to explain leaving campus over many of the other things HS kids get caught doing. With any luck, it will just sound as though your school is pretty rigid. Your counselor might help you out by explaining that this was your first infraction. Good luck.</p>
<p>That’s unfortunate that it’s a suspension. You have to report it, but if you explain it fully they probably won’t care much - it’s not as though you did anything that is actually bad, it sounds as though you just violated an arbitrary rule.</p>
<p>In all honesty, it probably will not make too much an impact because it was a very minor violation (as opposed to drug use or something) and it was also your first violation (no past history of offences) and you have proven yourself a good person (good student, APs, varsity athlete…) So you’ll probably be okay :)</p>
<p>Okay thank you very much for your answers, it makes me feel much better!</p>
<p>Can anyone give me advice from a personal experience with a suspension and applying to college with it on your record?</p>
<p>No experience. However, you might talk to your college counselor. You KNOW he/she has experience with it and can tell you exactly how it is handled.</p>
<p>okay thanks again for your reply :)</p>