2 IA's - How Bad Is It?

[RedRaider2013]

I have 1 IA from high school. I was in a dual credit class in 2006 and was put on academic probation for low gpa. I figured that wasn't too bad and it was ages ago.

However, I was reading a post on IA's and I almost forgot that I had a second IA from undergrad - alcohol possession in my dorm room which resulted in a semester of disciplinary probation (2009). Never had any further issues, and I don't have a criminal record.

Am I overthinking this? I'm already a nontrad fighting an uphill battle. Will an interviewer/ADCOM care about two relatively minor IA's? Or am I just being paranoid? Thanks!

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[esob]

Well I can only comment based on what I've read on SDN, but the 2nd one seems like it could definitely ding your application. The first one I don't think would matter because its from HS and because it was simply about grades. It could be worse though, you could have been caught cheating or stealing. Personally I don't see that its a death sentence but all other things being equal, it might make an adcom choose a student with similar stats with no IA's.

 

[futuremdforme]

Well I can only comment based on what I've read on SDN, but the 2nd one seems like it could definitely ding your application. The first one I don't think would matter because its from HS and because it was simply about grades. It could be worse though, you could have been caught cheating or stealing. Personally I don't see that its a death sentence but all other things being equal, it might make an adcom choose a student with similar stats with no IA's.

I don't think it will be a big deal.... and don't mention anything from HS.

 

[ImmunoLove]

HS won't count, and one IA for EtOH without other complications is not a big deal. You're fine.

 

[deleted480308]

you said the IA was a dual credit class.....was is it a IA from the college or the high school (not your age, the issuing body of the IA)

 

[RedRaider2013]

The IA shows up on my CC transcript as "scholastic probation." Luckily it's from 2006. 10+ years from the time of application. I would sincerely hope an ADCOM would be forgiving of that lol.

 

[HopefulApp23]

I have 2 IAs on my record, one for underage alcohol possession and one for a dorm noise violation, which I also got over 5 years ago. I've received 9 II, 4 MD acceptances and only 2 rejections so far. This won't affect your application at all.

EDIT: Or, at least, it won't prevent you from getting interviews. Just be prepared to discuss it if they ask. I actually had one interviewer at a highly-regarded school (top 20 or whatever, if that matters) tell me it could be seen a positive since it shows I can empathize with other people who make mistakes having made some foolish ones myself as a teenager.