<p>I am a college freshman who has just finished up the year, but two days before I was supposed to leave for the summer I was caught in an honor code violation. I was on my way to a final that, admittedly, I was not prepared for and as I was walking by my professor's office, I panicked and went into his office and got the grade book from his desk. I proceeded to change my grade from a D to a B- in pen, and this was the second time I had changed a grade in the same professor's book (although he had not noticed the first). I then proceeded to not take the final and just hope he would not notice. I received an email about an hour later demanding that I see him, and as soon as I saw him I admitted my guilt instead of trying to deny it. He reported me to the honor board and the chairperson told me that I am almost certainly going to be suspended for at least a semester, but that expulsion is a possibility. My professor has written a letter to the board asking for leniency on my behalf because this is my first ever offense and he knows that I am a good kid who has just made a horrible mistake. What are the chances that I will be expelled for this, even if it is a first offense? I have also made it clear to them that if I am suspended or expelled, I will almost definitely lose my full ride ROTC scholarship, hopefully this will effect their decision. I have a hearing sometime this week.</p>
<p>Also to clarify, both the professor and the honor board know that this was the second time I had done this within a few weeks. I have made it very clear to everyone that I am completely owning up to my actions, and that I am painfully remorseful. Hopefully the fact that I am not making excuses and that I am taking responsibility for this will help.</p>
<p>What you did and admitted to is a serious violation which calls your academic integrity and personal ethics into serious question by those who are assessing your conduct and weighing possible penalties. </p>
<p>Considering this is your first offense and your Professor is writing a letter of leniency on your behalf, it’s very possible you’ll end up with a suspension. </p>
<p>However, considering the seriousness of the exact actions you took, a possible expulsion cannot be ruled out if those assessing penalties feel what you did was so grave a violation a suspension may not be adequate. </p>
<p>I’d focus much more on being contrite and if you haven’t contacted your parents yet, do so as they need to know. </p>
<p>You may also need to check to see if this violation may cause issues with staying in ROTC or getting commissioned. The Armed Forces takes breaches of integrity and trust very seriously…especially for those aspiring to be commissioned officers. </p>
<p>At the undergrad I attended, we also had an academic honor code and what you did would have been considered a serious breach of it with suspension or expulsion as possible penalties before the decision is made. </p>
<p>Just so you know, I would have zero sympathy for you. </p>
<p>You go to a school with an honor code. You are training to be an officer in the armed forces. You are an adult responsible for your actions. Your action was willing, knowing, and worthy of expulsion and dishonorable discharge. It was possibly criminal. It is not mitigated by your remorse.</p>
<p>I would expel you, and bar you from the armed forces. Any other action would make a mockery of the honor code. You don’t get the first offense of this magnitude for free. </p>
<p>It’s not personal or emotional, it’s just that institutional integrity is as important as personal integrity. </p>
<p>Im wondering if OP has ADHD or similar dusorder.
Not that would excuse it, but it might explain the stupid & impulsive decision to do something that most middle schoolers would recognize as not a good idea from any angle.</p>
<p>I am wondering if OP has FDTD (Finals Distraction ■■■■■ Disorder)</p>
<p>If you are for real, then I think you are in for some serious, and deserved actions.</p>
<p>The professor has known you for less than a year and you’ve not only changed your grade but snuck into his personal office to do it-twice. His assertion that you’re a good kid who has never cheated before may not hold much weight with the committee.</p>
<p>■■■■■…</p>
<p>Do many professors use a pen and a book these days to record grades?</p>
<p>Some do, but the actual record is online. So that was completely stupid in addition to unethical, as of course even if the grade was changed in the notebook it remained the same in the online system.</p>
<p>I think that considering how serious the offense is, I think you’re going to be expelled.
Your likely choice is community college to “erase” your record, but if you get in front of it you may be able to apply to the NACAC schools that still accept transfer students. Since finals are over, spend all of today and every day after that doing those applications. Apply widely (to as many colleges as you can afford) as some may disqualify you once they learn you were expelled for an honors violation.
<a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/research/research-data/College-Openings/Pages/College-Openings-Results.aspx”>http://www.nacacnet.org/research/research-data/College-Openings/Pages/College-Openings-Results.aspx</a></p>
<p>Funny posting, but I don’t think it’s real:
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<p>It doesn’t seem real. I guess it could be real, though. Count yourself lucky if you get off with a suspension. Then straighten up and fly right. At some point, you need to decide what kind of person you are. One with integrity, or a cheat. I hope you choose integrity. A person with integrity will take his lumps, learn from it, and make the change. When people cheat, it makes me wonder, are they really happy with the path they have chosen? Maybe this path that you have been on is not for you. </p>
<p>It is not a first offense. It is your second offense ( in this class). You only admitted guilt ( not remorse) after you were caught. You are remorseful that you were caught.</p>
<p>Next you state that you made it clear to them that if they take action it will cause you to lose your ROTC standing. </p>
<p>Losing the ROTC standing is the consequence of your cheating. It will be your fault.</p>
<p>It is not the consequence of the school administration following their honor code and punishing you. It is not their fault.</p>
<p>Until you believe that what you did was wrong and accept that you, and only you, are responsible for the results of your wrongdoing will you begin to build some much needed character.</p>
<p>It’s a ■■■■■. The ROTC add in was the give away since ROTC scholarships have a zero strike Clause if you fail,a class your out, suspended or expelled your out, caught lying or cheating your out. The school wouldn’t have a choice but to notify the government under the terms of the program. </p>
<p>Back to sleep ■■■■■ </p>
<p>You are a bad kid, not a good kid.</p>
<p>I hope you are expelled. You deserve to be expelled. What you did was not just a “mistake.” It was a calculated act.</p>
<p>My kid did ROTC. If this poster is for real he can kiss ROTC goodbye.</p>
<p>^I suspect ■■■■■, but if not, it’s at minimum expulsion from ROTC and, more likely, from the University <em>and</em> ROTC (and a dishonorable mark /refunding the ROTC scholarship?)</p>
<p>Lol. Changing a grade “using a pen” in a “grade book.” We are expected to believe the OP did this TWICE and wasn’t discovered until the second time. And keeps referring to this as “a first offense.”</p>
<p>Somebody’s bored. </p>
<p>Who keeps grades written by hand in a grade book these days?</p>