<p>I am a foreign student from the Netherlands and I got suspended 2 times during my freshman and sophomore year for really stupid innocent things.
I am a very socially involved and commited student at my school and I think the faculty has already forgotten about my suspensions a long time ago. </p>
<p>I don't want the colleges to find about this. So my question is, if I just check the "no" box on my application, stating that I have never been suspended, will they ever find out about this?
It's not like they're going to call my teachers and ask for verification, right?
Does the fact that I'm international help me?</p>
<p>It depends on whether your suspensions “went on your record” or if they didnt.
I was suspended for lateness sophomore year but they said that it wasnt going on my record and I could check the “no” box on my app.</p>
<p>First time: I wrote a note on behalf of my mother I couldn’t go to gymnastics because I had fallen ill. I got internally suspended for one day.</p>
<p>Second time: When you’re late and class has already started you have to get a red note at the reception in order to attend class. I found one of these red notes floor and filled it in myself when I was late. I also got internally suspended for one day.</p>
Not true. I know someone just last year who had their admission riscinded from a very prestigious private school, because one of the teachers called the university and alerted them to the problem.</p>
<p>Explain in full detail, like ar31791 suggested; you didn’t do anything suuupperr bad, so if they think you’re still a great candidate, they’ll probably still admit you.</p>
<p>vc08, I highly doubt that one of her teachers from Netherlands might call an university from the USA. It also depends on how well she gets along with the teachers that will write the recommendations… I don’t see why other teachers would even care about her applying to an american university.</p>
<p>victoria2, I might sound like the devil’s advocate, but I would take the chance and check “no” :)</p>
<p>If you DID get found out, it would certainly establish irrefutable evidence of dishonesty. Seems like it might be better to show your days of dishonesty are behind you.</p>
<p>i think that by ‘suspended,’ they mean externally. If you did something so bad that they kicked you out of school for a while. What you did, while foolish, doesn’t constitute that.</p>
<p>All you have to do is ask your guidance counselor if the suspensions are a part of your permanent record and will they show up on your official transcript. Ask and find out.</p>
<p>It is unusual for teachers and counselors to call admissions, but it is very, very common for admissions to call counselors. The applicant is from a school you don’t see applicants from often and you have questions. As a young adcom decades ago I called schools all the time to better understand the context of an applicants application. You’d be amazed by the things counselors told me.</p>
<p>I got an internal suspension once. I wasn’t going to check the suspension box. It was my first and only offense, so I’m not sure it’s even on my record. I never even considered it, really… I guess I should take a look at my transcript.</p>
<p>In most cases, an “in school suspension” is NOT considered a formal suspension and does not go on the student’s permanant record. At my son’t school, one can be given a full day’s in school suspension for being tardy more than 3 times in a semester or for failing to turn in signed papers of various types from parents. Make an appointment with your guidance counselor and find out how your school classifies these “internal suspensions”.</p>