Sticky Situation

<p>Hey guys, my brother is a second-year student at Syracuse University. Yesterday, he found out that he is being suspended for a year for having two alcohol violations. Before he got suspended, he prepared for the worst and sent his transcript ASAP to Tulane. He finished his application before he was even suspended. He has a 3.02 at Syracuse, but pulled a 3.36 last semester. He's nothing spectacular academically, but has a very strong resume. He wrote regularly for the student newspaper, interned this past summer on Capitol Hill in D.C. and interns for a Syracuse magazine. </p>

<p>He's really not a bad kid and feels really terrible for getting kicked out of school. Does anyone have any recommendations or insight on his chances for Tulane? He is considering moving to D.C. and working for a year and then going back to Syracuse. He already has 64 credits even though he has only been there for 3 semesters due to APs. It probably makes since to suck it up for a year and go back to Syracuse, but he doesn't even like Syracuse and would rather go to Tulane anyways. He just dropped all his classes and is kind of not sure what do to. Any ideas? P.S. he is 20-years-old.</p>

<p>I don't know if his chances at Tulane are that great. His cumulative GPA is pretty low, and I think it will definitely hurt him that he was suspended. But I don't know much about transfer admission standards at Tulane or what he was forced to reveal concerning his "decision" to leave Syracuse.</p>

<p>If the worst case scenario is working for a year, that's not too bad at all. He'll be saving up money for tuition, and he may even be able to continue to build his resume in that time. If he writes well and has some clips, it might not be too difficult for him to get a job with a local paper. At the very least, he can work wherever and freelance some. I think he can turn this "year off" into a productive one, and hopefully come back more focused to finish his studies sans alcohol violations.</p>

<p>Best of luck to him...worse things could happen. In the end, he will still come out of it all with a college degree and lots of internships under his belt...sounds like a good position to be in to me, all things considered.</p>

<p>Thanks groovinhard. I know Syracuse is not ivy-league, but I wonder if I think it is pretty challenging. I wonder if Tulane would take that into account. I am really upset for him, but I guess everything in a way will work out. I feel bad because even though he shouldn't have partied so much, he still has balanced other sides of his life fairly well. If it matters, while he is dropping all of his classes this semester, none of them will show up on a transcript because classes are still "drop/add" at Syracuse.</p>

<p>Most schools have a policy regarding transfers that states "The applicant must be in good standing at previous school of attendance and allowed to return at any time" Not all are worded this way, but essentially you must be in "good standing", academically (i.e. not on academic probation) and it usually includes non-academic good standing as well (i.e. the Duke lax players suspended from Duke weren't allowed to enroll in other schools). I don't know if Tulane has this policy (it's usually stated on the application) or if they have any exceptions to the rule. Might be something to check out.</p>