<p>@newcollegee - if you do not mind me asking, where is your family from originally - based on a few things, I am guessing your family might have come here from a different culture, am I correct?</p>
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<p>No parent would ever write a post like this. The entire thread is a fraud. Done with it, except to berate OP for his utter dishonesty. Everything that happens to you is well deserved.</p>
<p>What do you need advice on? Do you wanna know whether or not you can get the school to change it? Or whether or not he should mention it on his application?</p>
<p>Thank you KiaralnNYC, that’s what exactly I am looking for, I do not need approval from ppl for whether my son cheated or not, I know the truth…All I was looking for was, if anyone else has a similar experience and what should I do in this situation…phew!! wish there was a delete button on this form to delete unwanted comment!!</p>
<p>I want to know whether he should mention it on application or not, specially when school/guidance counselor confirmed not reporting anything to colleges about it…its only the college application that will have the question about it, and he would have to fill out the answer of it. </p>
<p>“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.”
A version of this question will be on most college applications, along with a statement at the end of the application that all information is honestly and accurately presented. A student who has cheated, been caught, and subject to discipline for the cheating would have to disclose the incident.
The question about the guidance counselor seems to be asking “if I don’t disclose, will I get caught?”…sort of like cheating again.</p>
<p>Most high schools do not bring up these incidents. I certainly would not ask that teacher for a reference, but otherwise the chances are small that this will be mentioned in the school comments. How the student wants to answer the Common App question as Siliconvalleymom has quoted is up to the student. You can come clean and explain what happened and go into lesson learned from the experience. Or interpret the question as not relevant to what happened since you were not specifically put on probation,expelled or suspended. If the college finds out–like if a teacher or GC feels it’s important to mention it on your app, and depending on what happened here, someone might, a college might ask further and yes, that you left it off could very well compromise your acceptance chances. It could also be an issue to list it. There is no sure thing about this. </p>
<p>Personally I’d pick some schools that have short apps that don’t require recs (a lot of state schools do not) and/or such questions, and then fro those schools that you still want to give it a go, split them as to answering one way on some and the other on some others. </p>
<p>A search of the OP’s profile shows this previous post:</p>
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<p>I am going to close this thread.</p>