Academic IA

[jellyfishingg]

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I have recently received a violation for an intro class not related to my major or field, and it is for a 10 pt extra-credit assignment in which I had not cited correctly, where I was charged with cheating (I had not used the correct source bank that my professor had provided due to my own oversight, and just used Google), fabrication (the link in which I had posted for one of the citations was mistyped), and plagiarism (the citations contained errors). This assignment was completed in a rush, which is where all the mistakes had occurred. We were also instructed to not use citation generators, which is where the error had come up, as all through high school I have never typed a citation myself, I have only used citation generators. I was sanctioned with a written response and my professor is able to make a grade change. She has not done so, as this is all recent. I am a freshman, and this has all happened in my very first semester of college, one that has been extremely difficult outside of just my academics, and I would say this has been the lowest point of my life mentally. I am wondering my chances for medical school in the future, and whether or not gap years (and if so how many) would be recommended. I know this won't be on my transcript, however I am pretty sure that on medical applications I must explain that it has happened, unless I have it expunged. I am not too sure so any response to that question would help, as well as any advice in general!

 

[morak]

Did this go through your school's student conduct committee? If this is just between you and your professor, you might not be required to report it.

 

[jellyfishingg]

Yes I did go through my school's student conduct committee. I even received sanctions as I had mentioned (my professor being able to give me a grade adjustment and a 500 word response that I must complete).

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You aren't doomed, but you need to be straight with this. You need to precisely describe what you did that warranted the specific conviction and how that violated the student code of conduct or academic integrity standards. You also must never find yourself in trouble like this again. I don't know if gap years are warranted at this time; you haven't even gotten through freshman year. Who knows if you want to stay in healthcare at this time next year.