alcohol violation and its effects!

saxophone4
Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:36:53 +0000

Hi,

I’m a sophomore in college and I’d like to be a neurologist in the future. I’m a pretty careful person, but last year my sister gave me her expired ID “just in case” I ever needed to use it. I was pretty paranoid about using it, so I never really did. But during the first week of school after summer my boyfriend and his buddies came up, and they sort of pressured me into using the fake ID to buy them beer (which I wasn’t even going to drink). A plainclothes officer caught me with it on my way home, and I got a ticket for “minor purchasing alcohol.”

I know that I have to take responsibility for my actions and pay the consequences for what happened, but I’m scared that one mistake that I made when I was 18 is going to affect my chances of getting into medical school. Getting this ticket scared and traumatized me so much because I hadn’t ever gotten detention even, or into the slightest bit of trouble. I have a 3.9 GPA at a very prestigious UC and I am also an intern in a neuroscience lab, who studies very hard. I’m just scared.

This ticket isn’t going to be on my police record because my attorney had it wiped off, but my university may open a disciplinary file on me for this (even though it happened off-campus). Do you think this will adversely affect my chances for med school?

Thanks for your help!