Dismissed from high school with NYU acceptance ED...

woogzmama
Fri, 06 Feb 2015 00:32:07 +0000

Colleges will always know that a “Withdrawal” from prep school in the middle of senior year almost certainly occurred in the face of expulsion. I don’t know which school the OP attended, but - if its disciplinary procedures are similar to those at my kids’ school - the student probably had at least one major infraction on his record (some schools are stricter, admittedly), and would have been expelled if he went before the disciplinary committee (or the equivalent at the OP’s school). The school does not have to provide an explanation for the “Withdrawal,” however. They can say that it was the student’s decision. NYU can then contact the OP for an explanation, and he can “spin” it. I doubt that NYU will buy any explanation other than the real one, though.