<p>You just really have to explain it well. It’ll always be a red flag, but I doubt colleges would reject without first considering your explanation.</p>
<p>I am a US veteran of 3 wars and 17 years. I returned to college after a 15 years absence. Before returning to military service to serve in Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom I owned and operated two companies. Employers do no look at college records except to see that the got that coveted piece of paper called a degree. The Privacy Act of 1974. (5 U.S.C. § 552a) prevents educational institutions from releasing any information regarding an information except Graduation degree requirements met and sometimes GPA.
As far as transcripts, unless your daughter sings a release no punitive can appear on them. Only courses attempted grades received any disciplinary board issues cannot be released becayse they were not “By Law.” Most college review boards have no government legal authority.<br>
Actually, this works in your daughters benefits. After she gets her first degree I suggest an A.A. or A.S. she can continue with no restrictions.
The problems arise when there is criminal charges filed those could effect her future if they were domestic or felony</p>
<p>^^ I agree. Unless there were charges filed with local law enforcement (in this case sounded like that did NOT happen), there is no such thing as a ‘permanent record’ that the college can impact for the next 8 years. Details of internal college records would not be available to future employers.</p>
<p>If she didn’t know if she was allowed she shouldn’t have gone.The colleges will deff see that and will take it under serious thought,but demand to know the whole story.without proper info you can’t give a real answer.</p>
<p>LDS (the OP):
You’ve received a great deal of input in these 104 replies.
Can you let us know the outcome?</p>
<p>As I had mentioned earlier, just have her log on and print out an unofficial copy of her transcript. I am pretty sure that this roof-top incident will not show up; I would only expect academic violations to be on a transcript. 8 years on the record is simply for internal record-keeping.</p>
<p>When I was helping in an elementary school, and was sent into a storage room to fetch some supplies, I saw boxes of archived files of elementary students’ disciplinary action. I was absolutely astounded!!! They were marked 7 years prior!!! How odd.</p>