Are you joking?! Acquitted means you're completely off the hook. Doesn't even matter that your record is sealed, you're fine.
Boy, my situation would sure make you feel good about yourself. I was recently arrested for DUI, and in addition, was charged with assaulting a police officer.
I've received a lot of great advice on SDN and I really appreciate it, but i feel there is a tendency for people to say that once you get a conviction you're screwed and that it's hopeless. It's not true. I've been talking with a lot of people about this, and i've learned that people with full-out convictions get accepted to medical school all the time. Recently, and to top schools. (In all cases though, it's only been 1 conviction). I think that there's just a lot of straight-edge people on SDN who've never known anybody that's gotten into trouble; they hear the word conviction and it just sounds absolutely foreign to them. No offense!
Don't get me wrong though, i'm shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to make sure these convictions don't come thru.
Well, my parents are...