<p>An acquaintance’s child has been expelled very recently due to some sort of online published porn story they wrote. They were admitted to a private college (not an Ivy but one with a less than 40% admission rate). What do colleges do in this situation generally? I assume they’d know due to the transcript that would have to be submitted. The “story” concerned one or more persons at the school, though they were not named/identified. I am not saying the items in the story were true about these persons, but these persons were “thought of,” I guess, when the story was being written.</p>
<p>It is possible that he/she would get rescinded. The typical mantra for maintaining admission “no Ds, Fs, Felonies, or Expulsions” is…obviously…violated by an expulsion no matter what the circumstance. However colleges manage rescindations on a case by case basis so no one -except for the college in question- can say what will happen. </p>
<p>Will being expelled mean that he will not be receiving a high school degree? That would prevent him from matriculating.</p>
<p>This is one of those cases where the parents need to hire a good attorney ASAP. This is so close to graduation, plus those involved may be over 18, that the attorney may be able to leverage this into a pseudo-expulsion - student doesn’t return to school, but graduates with no record - and that will save any college admission. </p>
<p>It’s all unpleasant, but it’s also possible the school overstepped its bounds and a good attorney will be able to sort it all out.</p>
<p>Also if it was something they “wrote” -as you say in your post- rather than an actual video I’m not sure how much jurisdiction the school would have. Underage pornography is illegal for obvious reasons, but underage students writing erotica…not so much.
Of course if the high school in question is a private school they can expel you for whatever they want -so long as they have some kind of justification, whereas you may be able to fight an expulsion from a public school.
Alternatively you could opt to transfer to another high school in lieu of expulsion. This is an option that some schools offer in milder expulsion cases which will allow the student to graduate with a high school diploma -without a record of expulsion. However since you do have to submit transcripts from ALL schools attended the disciplinary histroy will still be listed on the old school’s transcript. </p>
<p>It was, as far as I know, and this this is correct, all in written form. The problem is that this person apparently told people one or two of his characters were based on a fellow student and a teacher. Now I doubt that what the writer wrote is “true” about those people, but the writer still had them in mind for some reason when writing (even though did not use their names). I don’t know if the fellow student is 18, or not. The writer is 18 now. I am now sure the writer was 18 when it was written/published on line, or not.</p>
<p>Given that it was all in written form and published on a non-school site, odds are, the student will be asked not to return, but nothing is going to happen in the permanent record to jeopardize their college admission. At least that’s the way a smart attorney would play it - let them graduate, don’t threaten their college acceptance, seal the record, and we won’t sue you. Most schools will take that deal in a heartbeat - they may not have a legal case to go further, it saves a whole lot of money, no publicity, and it solves the problem of getting the student out of the school. If this were a junior, it’d be a much more difficult case. Thing is, the student and parents don’t have the ability to threaten this on their own, an attorney is needed to give the threat of suing credibility.</p>