jandjdad

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entomom

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happymomof1

BigBuddha -

You start with your own university. Find out what information will be recorded in your permanent file there. What will your transcript look like, and is there anything that you can do to have the information that you were not in good standing when you left removed from your history. Sometimes a certain number of months or years studying elsewhere or pursuing non-academic activities can serve as basis for a formal petition to change your status. Sometimes the blot is on a record for all eternity. You need to know what things are in your specific case.

Likewise, someone at your university may have information about where students who have had your experience have ended up. Ask about that too.

To be perfectly honest, I have never heard of any college/university that looked favorably enough on a student who had been expelled from another so as to offer a good financial aid package. You face tough financial times ahead. It is most likely that your only academic option is to enroll at your home-town community college, or another open-admission institution. Whether or not this dismissal will affect your access to federal aid such as loans, I don't know. Ask kelsmom who posts in the Financial Aid Forum. She is a financial aid officer.

Clearly you have had a very bad year. Go home. Get a holiday job as a cashier at some retail outfit while you think everything through. Pay a visit to the community college(s) near there and find out what your options might be. Give yourself the blessing of a Gap Year or Gap Semester before you start your academic life up again. Things will get better. But you need to give it time.

Alx101

If you are truly innocent, get the very best lawyer you can afford, someone specializing in suing universities and colleges. If your appeal is denied, you can always sue in state or federal court and call witnesses. It may not get you re-admitted, but if you have a libel or slander case, you could get damages. University appeals are notoriously unfair. Contrary to popular belief, universities are not immue from state and federal laws. Sure they can have their own disciplinary procedures, but they cannot deny you due process of law.

BouncingBoy

Get a lawyer today. If you have a good case, he'll take it on contingency so you don't have to spend money. The final decision is not whatever the university (or insurance company or whatever not so neutral party) decides. It's whatever a jury decides with respect to civil damages. And I see plenty of damages if you're really innocent. And you only have to prove with preponderance of the evidence. For example, there are lawyers that specialize in honor code violations. Good luck.