<p>You should read the book The Gatekeepers which goes into telling what you’re learned from something similar in essays at length.</p>
<p>Colleges take academic dishonesty very seriously. I would think your elite high school does to. Counselors at schools like yours have good relationships with admissions offices. Much will depend on what the school says about you. I think 2 offenses would make an ivy or peer very, very tough though.</p>