<p>Okay so I potentially am about to get accused of the use of marijuana. Because they did a random drug test and It might be in my system. I have only used marijuana once (close to this random drug testing) and only did so because my brothers both did and I was always strongly against it but they didn’t listened to what I had to say because “I never tried it before” so I did just so I could make a point, but now I am in this terrible situation. This would be the first thing I’ve ever done wrong in school in my life, but policy states they have to suspend me a certain number of days and report it to the police. If the police decide to accuse me of use of illegal substances but I am found not guilty due to the fact that I never gave the school permission to drug test me (which is required at my school) would that still go on my records that colleges could see? Because I am a straight A, national honor society, junior class rep, tennis team member, student council member, Future Business Leaders of America member, volunteer with American cancer society, relay for life, Susan G. Komen society, and Humane society. I was planning on going to MIT which I could’ve maybe accomplished with my 30 ACT score (which I am going to bring higher) and High SAT score, but I don’t want this one incident ruining everything. Will this one incident ruin my whole chances?</p>
<p>It depends on whether it lands on your record, whether it is permanent, whether you are required to reveal it, and whether they care. There is some marijuana use at MIT. They might overlook it if you are a strong candidate and it was the sole violation. However, they have plenty of highly qualified candidates with no violations on record. Further, your explanation is full of excuses, and that is a bad sign for college admissions, jobs, etc. You need to getting an attorney to help you minimize this and see if it can be thrown out or adjudicated. Also, take full responsibility fir your actions. You are nit that convincing regarding this being the only time. A 30 on the ACT doesn’t seem that strong fir an MIT candidate when there are admitted students who got 33’sinto or higher when they were 12 on thefirst try. You probably can bring it up to a competitive level, butt it takes mire than that to get in. Even if you had perfect scores, there is no guarantee you will get in. Take care of your legal issue, study for your tests, and apply to a range if schools, including safety schools. Depending on which jurisdiction you to are in, you may be considered an adult or juvenile. Ask the attorney what can be done to keep or get it off your record. Then I don’t do things you don’t want MIT to know about. If you were planning to go to MIT, thenMake this your lesson learned. you should have been planning to not smoke pot.</p>
<p>Why would you do that? I accidentally inhaled someone’s second-hand smoke from outside while working desk and it just made me sick and noticeably slower at adding and counting for the rest of the day. I got nothing done. It’s terrifying to see yourself deteriorate, even if it’s just for a little bit. I don’t understand why anyone would want to do that to themselves on purpose.</p>
<p>If you get an out-of-school suspension or commit a felony you have to explain it to MIT in an extra essay. I recommend you don’t say there what you said here. Think about your mistake and the lessons you learned. Like journier says, there are people who smoke pot at MIT. I don’t know if that will help you though, since I imagine it wasn’t on their applications when they applied, and drug use on campus is not something MIT wants to encourage.</p>
<p>I doubt it will make or break your application, as long as you recognize that it was a mistake, learn from it, and write about it well if you have to write about it. Plenty of people have tried pot once. Not all of them are drug addicts now. Some of them even go to MIT.</p>
<p>Depending on how long ago you took marijuana, you might be safe while doing a drug test. According to this website, </p>
<p>[Marijuana</a> Drug Test Detection Times | California NORML](<a href=“http://www.canorml.org/healthfacts/drugtestguide/drugtestdetection.html]Marijuana”>http://www.canorml.org/healthfacts/drugtestguide/drugtestdetection.html),</p>
<p>blood and urine tests can detect marijuana use several days to a couple weeks after one use. If it’s been months since you used it, it’s very unlikely to return a positive result (except for a false positive).</p>
<p>But still, you should be prepared to face the consequences if they happen. Committing a felony is an awful sign for MIT and you’ll probably get rejected right off the back (unless your felony is revoked or expunged, which I believe can happen if you’re under 18 – check your local/state laws) and it’ll be extremely difficult to find a job in the near future. All of your test scores and extra-curriculars won’t mean anything.</p>
<p>If you’re lucky to not be accused of marijuana use, treat this as a lesson learned and never do it again. Don’t even think about mentioning it in an MIT application. Marijuana use, except for medical purposes, is illegal.</p>
<p>So there are a lot of ifs in your statement.</p>
<ul>
<li>If they find marijuana in my system</li>
<li>If I get accused</li>
<li>If I get convicted</li>
</ul>
<p>etc. etc. Regardless of my personal feelings on the situation, it seems like you should wait and see how things pan out - maybe nothing will happen at all.</p>
<p>Oh, and by the way? In this country, it was once illegal for women to vote. It was illegal for African-Americans to marry Caucasians. In some countries, alcohol consumption is illegal.</p>
<p>Does this make women voting bad? Does it make marrying someone not of your race bad? Does it make drinking alcohol bad? No, of course it doesn’t. It just means that there’s legislation against it.</p>