Expelled from College...Next Steps?

Northstarmom
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:47:28 +0000

I’m guessing that you may not have been expelled if you had admitted that you had demonstrated extremely bad judgment and a lack of ethics by cheating for students. If what you basically said was that you were blameless or almost blameless, then that may have been why you were expelled.

I don’t think that you will be able to get into elite universities as a transfer student. You may, however, be able to get into second tier ones if you make it very clear that you realize the complete and inexcusable wrongness of your past actions and you are now doing your best to be ethical.

You are likely to be caught if you lie and apply as a freshman. If you manage to be admitted, but your lie is caught after you get your college degree, your degree could be rescinded.

And you don’t have all of the qualities of an ideal candidate. Colleges’ ideal candidates have a strong sense of ethics. Particularly in the aftermath of the Madoff scandal, business schools and departments in particular care about ethics.