Disciplinary History on Common App?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>So I’ve read a few threads already on whether or not I should inform colleges about my disciplinary action, but here’s my story in a nutshell:</p>

<p>Last year, I was running for ASB President for my senior year. One of my friends tweeted about my opponent that if he were to win, he’d be “the worst ASB President.” I carelessly made the mistake to favorite the tweet, which resulted me in getting dropped from leadership for the remaining 2 months of the semester (I was already holding an ASB cabinet position at the time too, and that was revoked) <em>AND</em> for my senior year, and obviously dropped from the ballot. </p>

<p>I’m guessing it would show on my transcript that I took leadership for only one semester.
And I would feel incredibly guilty if I were to omit that from my application, however will admitting to my disciplinary history reduce my chances of getting accepted?</p>

<p>Also, my friend who composed the tweet received the same consequences as I, but she isn’t addressing it in her Common App. Are her chances greater than mine now? Wouldn’t the app readers find out or raise suspicion about her disciplinary history since in her transcript it will show leadership was only taken for 1 semester?</p>

<p>Thanks to all in advance! And yes, I know the whole controversy is completely stupid. -sigh-</p>

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<p>Yes, there’s this one rule that colleges follow: It’s that if you favorite a tweet, then you will have a significant disadvantage against all other college applicants.</p>

<p>Okay, but more seriously, whether or not you put it on I doubt it’ll have any effect. If you really think that colleges would decide between you and your friend by considering whether or not you favorited a tweet, then you’re crazy. If your friend is accepted over you at a mutual university you both applied to, it’s almost certainly going to be because she had the better essay/better test scores/better GPA. </p>

<p>Honestly, I don’t even think what either of you did was some huge mistake that you should be worrying about at all. It’s all just your school overreacting. And I don’t think there will be any suspicion over a lack of leadership positions either… Plenty of students that apply and get into top universities aren’t on their school’s student council. </p>

<p>However, if you have nothing else whatsoever on your application conveying your leadership skills, that’s a different matter entirely (in the case of selective colleges that actually care about this stuff).</p>