Cheating and Dental School

[AbuABuAbu]

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I swear this is about my friend, seriously. My friend recently got caught cheating in his physics class, the professor gave him an "F" and the judicial committee put something on his academic record. My friend is a good guy just made a stupid mistake. He is currently a junior, should he leave his undergraduate and start over at a junior college, or should he just try to apply to dental school? ALso if he does go to junior college does anyone know if dental schools will know he went to the first undergrad school where he got the F? Thanks for your help.

 

[croco]

whats his GPA/DAT?

 

[ecdoesit]

the issue goes beyond your overall grade and gpa...
does ur friend feel really sorry to cheat?
cheating is a huge issue cos who knows how many times has ur friend cheated? maybe he just caught cheating once.

most important thing is to think what he did.
and make sure none of us repeats his mistakes.

for him, re-take the class and remember the lesson

 

[croco]

actually i have a friend that got accepted to baylor college of medicine with a 4.0 -- 36 MCAT. He also cheated in his logics 2 class during his junior year. I never asked him what excuse he used. With those stats though I would have accepted him too.

 

[hockeydentist]

Are you sure you want someone who got caught cheating working on you. How do you know if he isn't going to look the other way or cut cost at the risk of a patient. Hmmmm makes me wonder why schools would let someone in to a d-school or m-school knowing they have an astrick of cheating in there file. If he got caught cheating then i guess he deserves an F, But i do believe in rehabiliation of cheaters. they can be saved!

 

[Bickle]

I love these posts about somebody's "friend". 99% of the time, there is no "friend" and the person who posted the message is actually talking about themselves!

 

[ItsGavinC]

Originally posted by Dentaldream
I love these post about somebody's "friend". 99% of the time, there is no "friend" and the person who posted the message is actually talking about themselves!

Thanks for pointing out the obvious. 🙂 That doesn't change the intent of the post at all, though.

Somebody needs help/opinions.

 

[Bickle]

Gavin,

Thats my point. It is rather obvious that there is no friend, so why even say it in the first place? You can keep your anonomity easily here.

But to be fair, this may not always be the case, and there may actually be a "friend" seeking desperate advice from time to time.

 

[Turnpike]

Ummm.......

if this person decides to 'start over fresh' and never tell dental schools about this 'incident' it only perpetuates this person's unethical deception and fraud. If this person is seriously thinking of doing that, then I can only assume this person has no regret about the incident and has learned nothing and I hope this person doesn't become a collegue of mine one day with those mal intentions.

 

[AbuABuAbu]

trust me, If I cheated I would say so. My friend, unlike myself doesnt spend his time on message boards so I thought I would gain some help from others instead of a discussion if I am really the one who cheated. So the question still stands, what should my friend do? He is a really a good guy, and I dont want him to drop out of school or waste his time graduating if he wont get accepted into dental school.

P.S. does anyone know if someone got accepted to dental school with a cheating record? I think he has like a 3.5 GPA and he didnt take the DAT yet.

 

[nanosomic]

those cheaters are preventing honest students from getting in due to their high "cheating" GPA. Cheating of one form or the other is rampant especially now when the competition to get into professional schools is difficult. Mistake or no mistake, people who cheat should be punished. I am all for second chances though.