I was accepted to UGA EA with pretty good stats (8APs, 34ACT, etc) and the only disciplinary history I have was a major suspension sophomore year where I accidentally brought a weapon to school. I reported that and they admitted me anyway but I was caught copying the solutions to a homework assignments which were online (stupid, I know). Teacher is taking it to administration and I’m worried they’ll report it to UGA.
So do high schools usually report first time academic dishonesty offenders? And would UGA rescind my admission because of that, and considering my sophomore year suspension? Thanks.
Thats a tough one! Maybe you need to throw yourself at their feet, tell them you are stressed over keeping your grades up and you were wrong. BEG them not to contact UGA. If they do, you are probably in trouble.
Academic dishonesty is a HUGE deal at colleges, so good thing you acknowledge its issues now.
As the poster above me said, when the administration comes and talks to you, be at their mercy. They want you to succeed and go onto college smoothly, but they know how dangerous instances of cheating are in the college environment.
I actually doubt they will report it to UGA, but are maybe trying to scare you. They aren’t out to ruin your future. Just accept punishment and hopefully learn and move on.
That’s an interesting story, I’m glad it’s going to work out. I had a similar situation during high school after being brought up on academic charges for working with another student on a homework assignment. I called it collaboration, the teacher called it cheating. I appealed the charges to the principle and academic honor board arguing that you can’t actually cheat on homework short of plagiarism because in reality the school never knows who actually completes a homework assignment or where the answers were derived from because the work was completed in an un-proctored environment. What eventually sealed the case was when I called my math teacher as a witness and questioned him concerning his private tutoring of students (which is totally legal in the eyes of the school) and did he help them with their home work. He of course answered yes and did he view this as cheating since the students did not complete the work entirely by themselves. Well needless to say this got people fired up on both sides of the argument.
In the the end the charges were dropped and the school honor code was amended to reflect the inherent problem concerning cheating on assignments completed outside of a proctored environment. It was a really interesting process.
At any rate, good luck. I would not tell your high school where you have been excepted.