<p>To the person with the alcohol in the fridge that was not your dorm. You should explain that at the meeting and write an appeal letter accordingly, how to appeal will be in the letter, since it seems there is no proof you were actually drinking. Many times they call these noise violations on your letter and reiterate what your responses were when asked if you were drinking. I am curious if an RA can just go into someones fridge, not in plain site, unless there is a reason so look over the policy.</p>
<p>Many schools come on hard the first few weeks since they are trying to set a tone about what will be tolerated and because Freshman aren’t clued in as to how to cover their tracks. If nothing else occurs this semester or just one more incident of this sort you will only be fined and have an alc. assessment at the college counseling office too for a second offese unless you win your appeal. The fine covers the cost of the assessment. This does not effect your academic standing but if it continues or becomes more serious you can be asked to find off campus housing for the rest of the semester since you are put out of the dorms. It seems you get a “clean slate” more or less each semester unless you have chronic issues and throw immense parties. Look, the majority of college kids drink including those that do these reviews so although its serious there is a lot of feeling about young people making mistakes and learning from them. They seem to cut more slack at the point of the meeting or appeal when it is a FReshman so early in the semester. </p>
<p>Your parents will get a copy of the letter as that is part of the policy and the case at all schools. You can let them know the result of the meeting which may include an appeal letter since at that point it may be written up in a less concerning way since they can only put in the letter what they found or what you admitted to since they can not prove other things. Try getting more info on this from upperclassmen on BUnite section of <a href=“http://www.livejournal%5B/url%5D”>www.livejournal</a></p>
<p>Take a breath and relax. Its a learning process. BTW if you have a merit scholarship they usually let you slide for a first offense but a second could result in losing it for a semester and you can earn it back by having no more incidents that semester.</p>