Can a sex offender attend college? Specifically the University of Michigan?
Probably something for your GC, your attorney and the admissions ofc to discuss – not seek strangers here on the internet.
If this is not a joke, and/or you’re the kid who recorded girls in the bathroom, the answer is no for any college that requires a selection of any kind.
Community colleges are open enrollment so you can attend one. Your attorney will likely explain that if there is ANYTHING during your time in CC, not only will a 4-year college be far from your horizon, but jail will likely be it for a few years.
Looks like that bathroom recording kid is back…just pack your bags for CC already it’s not that big of a disappointment…lol jk it kinda is disappointing lol have fun hehe! 
@ren358 What happened to your other thread? Didn’t you already ask something like this before?
The previous thread only alluded to a suspension, and the OP declined to provide additional details that would have helped with the context. This post indicates that it was, indeed, a serious offense. Some people thought I was being unnecessarily indulgent in the first thread. A criminal record is a far, far cry from a school suspension. I was willing to give the OP the benefit of the doubt, pending some additional information, but am less inclined to do so now. Some misbegotten mischief as a freshman probably wouldn’t result in a sex offender classification. That is very serious, and probably lethal for chances at any selective college. I think any residential college would be extremely reluctant to consider any candidate with that record. The OP might have trouble renting an apartment in his own name, with that designation, and so he probably is limited to colleges within commuting distance of home. He has confined his questions to his prospects at Michigan. I would say that they are very dim unless he is a faculty brat or lives nearby, and his academic credentials are superlative. Even then, I wouldn’t count on it. I suspect that on-line enrollment or a CC are his likeliest options.
No i did not get into more trouble; just seeing if a sex offender could get into Umich, then why couldn’t I?
Alluding to suicide got my previous thread deleted.
One can’t get into UMich, or another selective 4-year college, as a sex offender. Neither you nor anyone else with that type of classification.
Time to get help&treatment, clean up your act in community college, and see where you can go from there.
@MYOS1634 i am not a sex offender.
A sex offender wouldn’t get into UMich if the school knew the student had that classification. You need to ask your GC if the incident is on your permanent record and, if it is, does it follow you from a community college to a 4-year school. I don’t believe your high school grades follow you to a 4-year school if you have a degree from a cc, but I don’t know about your behavioral record. If there were criminal charges, I believe those would unless you were a minor at the time and the records were sealed. Your GC’s have the answers you need though. You really should go talk to them.
This student isn’t a sex offender. They are basically saying “If they can get in, can I get in?” Even if a known sex offender got in, that doesn’t magically make you qualified.
Just as long as you aren’t asking for a “friend”… I certainly hope a sex offender couldn’t get into college. Though some certainly seem to come out, mainly of bad fraternities…
^okay, CaliCash, so that’s an immature or mentally questionable kid with nothing to do, wasting adults’ time with a hypothetical that’s highly unlikely and slightly offensive?
ok, I understand better now. Thank ren for clarifying.
The OP never stated anything resembling that he was a sex offender. He asked a general question about a situation that might not be as rare as people think. It might not be common for 17-18 year old applicants to be on the list, I really don’t know. But they aren’t the only ones that apply to college. Read the question carefully and don’t make leaping assumptions.
in your situation, is the person convicted in court, in trial, or not? Is the offense recorded in an application? Or is it nown to the victim(s) only?
When the information has not been disclosed and is known only by the perpetrator and the victim, yes the person may get into a selective university. That’s why speaking up is important, because the perpetrator may well commit crimes again.
When the information is in an application file or the person has been convicted in court, odds are so low as to be inexistent.
Note that there’s a legal obligation for the counselor not to hide this type of problem unless the school has a policy that allows checking “can’t answer” the generic “suspended or expelled” question - and that doesn’t mean “sex offender”.
If the question is, can we imagine there is a sex offender on the UMich campus, the answer is yes, if it was not mentioned in his file, if not caught before, if the victim went to the university rather than the AA police, etc.
I believe the OPs situation (from another thread) is that he got caught putting a recording device in the girl’s bathroom, it IS going on his high school transcript, and he’s wondering if UMich will hold it against him. He never said if criminal charges were filed. If they were, I think it’s possible that (video?) recording minors in the bathroom could land a person on a sex offender registry. I think from this thread that the situation didn’t get that far; I suspect it’s only noted on his high school transcript and possibly will be mentioned in his GC letter. He needs to speak with his GC to understand how it will be addressed.
I don’t know how this will affect his chances. I do understand how difficult it must be to have someone else have complete control over something that affects you so deeply. Perhaps if he’d thought of how unpleasant that is, and how completely powerless that makes one feel, when he was attempting to gain complete control over those girls’ private moments he wouldn’t be in this situation.
@austinmshauri OP is claiming that he is not the sex offender that he is referring to. I’m not sure if he’s talking about a specific person or some generic scenario.
I think he’s trying to say “If a sex offender can get into UMich, then why can’t I?”
However, I do agree with everything you say.
On a side note, I don’t know how he knew that there was a sex offender at UMich, but the fact that no one knows who or what he’s talking about makes me question OP. This clearly wasn’t a national story. I can’t find this case that OP is talking about where UMich knowingly accepted a sex offender to their school. If anyone could shed some light on that, I’d appreciate it.