<p>So my friend got into UNC and College of William and Mary. recently he was caught on cheating in a take home test. He didn't technically cheat, he saw a graph in his prep book (allowed to use) and copied down the graph into his test but that graph doesn't have any label on it so he went to see the online rubric and took down the right label from it. The that label turned out to be something he has never learned so the teacher found out. He has been charged on academic dishonesty and will likely to get a final warning. If he explained his whole case clearly, do those colleges still revoke his acceptances?</p>
<p>Yes, you may get rescinded if disciplinary action is noted on your transcript. Colleges can and do request final transcripts.</p>
<p>But his case isn’t that severe</p>
<p>If you are disciplined, it goes on your record. Your best hope is to keep all of this from being found out by the colleges that have accepted you. You can try to justify your side of the story to your guidance counselor or whoever will oversee your disciplinary hearing - maybe if it is just a warning, it can be kept off of your record. But you also need to show some remorse for what you did. </p>
<p>so if he shows great remorse and explains the whole thing clearly and points out that he has always been a great student. how big is the chance that the college would still pull his offers? </p>
<p>The thing is, the school already told him it’s definitely a final warning and it will go on his record.</p>
<p>You need to see a copy of the transcript and proactively speak to the college about the situation. There is no guarantee if that works in his favor. But the first thing is to see it in writing on the transcript and decide the next step. </p>
<p>Is there anything else he can do to make up for his mistake? Should he just go to UNC to explain it to AO himself?</p>
<p>He needs to know the exact words that the HS put on the transcript BEFORE he explain it to the college, perhaps in person to the dean of admission, make an appointment first.</p>
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Almost always the wrong thing to do. HS students don’t have the maturity and knowledge to apologize in an adult manner; in person odds are good it will quickly turn into an attempt to deflect blame much the way you are “technically didn’t cheat” and the like. He was allowed to use a prep book, he was not allowed to use online resources, and he knew the difference. That’s black-and-white, and any arguing about it is just going to make “your friend” look worse in the eyes of an adcom as not only dishonest but unwilling to truly admit he was wrong. </p>