<p>In 9th grade I did something bad, not too bad but bad enough to have to talk to the vice principal and have him call in my parents. im not going to say bc its too personal, but basically he said that lots of people make similar mistakes (no, it was not anything illegal like drugs or cheating) so he'd wave it since (by looking at my transcript that year) he knew i was a good student. now its my summer before senior year, and i still see the vice p and hes always waving and smiling at me, but i somehow feel like hes trying to remind me of my 9th grade incident.
my question is, could he somehow get this put on my transcript (like withdraw his favor and decide he shouldnt have waved it ) even though i had no punishment? (no detention, no expulsion/suspension, no nothing except that visit to his office and my parents grounding me)</p>
<p>ps. i am very sorry about punctuation my keyboard is broken so bear w/me.</p>
<p>To be honest, he probably doesn’t even remember it, especially if it’s something that other students have done in the past. I highly doubt he’s going to go back three years later and personally attack you over this. Forget about it. If he said he waived it that’s what he did. Order a copy of your records and look at it for yourself if you’re so concerned about it.</p>
<p>Does he make a V with his fingers, point to his eyes and they point to you?</p>
<p>I think you are being paranoid. But you could always ask to speak to him, tell him it has always weighed on you and you never repeated the mistake or got into any trouble since. Thank him for dealing with it the way he did and then ask him to confirm it won’t be on your transcripts now that you are applying to high school.</p>
<p>OK, several things, jmoney.</p>
<p>First of all, the people who know what your high school’s transcript reports are the people in your high school, not strangers online. High school transcripts are not all alike; what goes on yours is determined by your school or school district’s policy.</p>
<p>That having been said, I have never seen or heard of a school transcript that listed disciplinary actions–and certainly not disciplinary actions that didn’t even result in detention, let alone suspension or expulsion.</p>
<p>Next, are you *seriously *worried that this vice principal’s “waving and smiling at [you]” is a message that he’s secretly trying to cause you grief now over something that he dealt with years ago? How little work do you think this vice principal has, that he’s got nothing better to do than get a “good student” jammed up over something that happened years ago? If that’s what a vice principal is doing–mulling over two-plus-year-old parent conferences and deciding he wants to change how he dealt with something that’s long over–then I want to teach in that school! There must be no disciplinary problems!</p>
<p>Only a kid who’s basically a pretty solid citizen would worry about such stuff. And that’s good. But, really, this is a *completely *ridiculous thing for you to stew over. Just use a little common sense, and don’t indulge the guilt you still seem to feel over…whatever it was. (And I gotta say, I bet what I’m imagining is worse that whatever it was you did, but are too shy to talk about!)</p>
<p>I posted this to an earlier thread, refers to last year’s common app, presumably the same this year.</p>
<p>If you have any concerns after reading, talk to your guidance counselor.</p>
<p>This is on the student’s portion of the Common Ap:
[quote]
Have you ever been found responsible for a disciplinary violation at any educational institution you have attended from the 9th grade (or the international equivalent) forward, whether related to academic misconduct or behavioral misconduct, that resulted in a disciplinary action? These actions could include, but are not limited to: probation, suspension, removal, dismissal, or expulsion from the institution. Yes No</p>
<p>Have you ever been adjudicated guilty or convicted of a misdemeanor, felony, or other crime? Yes No
[Note that you are not required to answer </p>
<p>Does the applicant have to answer yes to those two questions^</p>
<p>^
Emphasis added to answer question</p>
<p>“probation, suspension, removal, dismissal, or expulsion from your institution”</p>
<p>I would assume no, if those things did not happen. It does say “not limited to”, but I don’t think colleges are naive to the fact that many kids get detention or written up, especially for little things.</p>
<p>In my high school career I was written up for the following things:
-Wearing a shirt that had cap sleeves and showed my deltoid. (I went to Saturday school and never heard about it again.)
-Accidentally marking on a table while drawing a shape in Geometry (This was by a sub and was dismissed.)
-Not saying the Pledge of Allegiance in class. (This was dismissed as well.)</p>
<p>I was also once brought into the office because other students at my new school spread a rumor saying I was going to bomb the school. It was proven to be false and was ridiculous to begin with considering my grades and ec’s. </p>
<p>None of these things were reported to colleges because they were not aggregious offenses (I have to assume since I got into every college I applied to except UT). I think that for the most part this kid has absolutely nothing to worry about, if it was a typical, but ill thought out, thing (enough for it to be written off even) and their record is good otherwise.</p>