<p>Question for all you pros out there: How does BC verify the part of the app on whether or not you have been suspended from school, etc? I haven’t ever gotten in trouble like that, but someone from my school who is applying, has. 7 times since middle school actually. Now, I’m not one of those people who is going to report him or whatever, but I’m just wondering how they verify that he has been suspended. Our high school obviously has it on his records, but schools are not required to release those records to colleges, and I don’t know if our school does it voluntarily or not. He’s fairly close in rank (me: 4, him: 13) and scores (ACT is the same), and he’s actually a pretty cool guy. But I don’t know if he’s one of those who will actually admit to having been suspended that many times. Thanks!</p>
<p>a college will usually ask the school if a person’s been in any trouble. the school, even if it doesnt volunteer the information originally, is going to tell the truth.</p>
<p>Guidance counselors report them usually, sometime not. But with 30,000+ applications to read I doubt BC would track down a detention from middle school. Unless you friend deal or kill, he or she won’t be in trouble.</p>
<p>oh, he was suspended about twice in middle school, and about 5 times in high school for drugs, alcohol, and one other thing, which must have been worse bc he refuses to talk about it. just wondering, so there really isnt any point to those questions then? bc they arent gonna track you down, so why even bother asking (just a general question, not specifically about the guy i referred to)?</p>
<p>Dear vc08 : If you were in a mall parking lot and dented the car next to you, do you own up to it or do you run hoping no one saw? Your question is at the heart of an “ethics” debate. If asked the question about High School suspensions, your colleague should disclose the truth. Eventually, the lies will be disclosed and although you might be too young for the lessons of the Nixon era, the cover-up is always worse than the crime.</p>
<p>Now, if you know that this information is not being disclosed, do you turn a blind eye saying it is not your problem? You might believe that if you get in as a number four student in the graduating class over your associate, it all works out for the best. Suppose your classmate has bumped out someone who has worked all their lives for a BC education?</p>
<p>Let’s now turn this debate to your friend. In college, there will be more freedoms than you saw in High School - many more. Clearly, your friend needs some support in his decision making process. Are you going to throw him into the deep end of the pool and watch him drown … or worse, overdose or die of alcohol poisoning?</p>
<p>During orientation, you will hear “Men and Women for Others”. It is part of the Jesuit education tradition. Not disclosing obviously negative attributes during the application process to clear the slate puts your friend behind the eight-ball before he even makes their first payment.</p>
<p>Think about it.</p>
<p>my very very intelligent friend got arrested beginning of senior year for drinking at a football game. he was applying to all top schools but his favorites were uva, unc, and emory (were from nj). the arrest happened after his EA apps were in at these colleges and he asked his GC whether or not he should report this to his schools. she said of course we have to blah blah and the schools were notified. </p>
<p>now this GC told my otehr friend who had average grades that he did NOT have to report the arrest because his apps were already in and everything. my very intelligent friend get waitlisted in the end at all three of those schools. i dont know if this is relevant but my average friend got into every school he applied to (even though they werent the hardest to get into).</p>
<p>in my opinion this GC sucks because of how she handled the situation and maybe? my friend would have been accepted at one of his dream schools without the arrest. and she was just bad because she was mine too and told me all of my schools were reach schools.</p>
<p>but yeah… the choice is up to you. odds are they wont care about a couple detentions or even some minor suspension depending on what the circumstances are. i also know people at my HS who got accepted at very good schools after having in school suspension for a week after staging a walk out over teach transfers in our school district.</p>