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I am planning on applying this cycle (i.e., in a month from now) and I need advice and/or direction of where I would even get legal advice.
When I was 17 and then again when I was 18/19, I was pulled over while driving and was breathilized with a BAC over 0.02. I was told both of these were DWAL's, not DUI's. (DWAL is because I was under 21, so I legally should not be drinking anything, so anything over 0.02 is a violation; DUI is classified as 0.07 or greater in this state). I am currently 26 years old.
Since I was minor for my first infraction, I was entered into a forgiveness program which ostensibly "completely removed" it from my recorded (as opposed to "expunged", which I know would need to be reported). Again for my second violation, I was entered into a program which "removed" it from my record (again, not expunged). When I search my county's clerk of courts, the only thing that shows up is 2 counts of open container (from a separate, additional incident when I was 17, had wine bottles in my car)--nothing about my other offenses, presumably because of the forgiveness programs. I dropped out of high school.
Since then, I've had an immaculate traffic/criminal record (so ~6-7 years), and have turned things around academically (eg., 3.9 GPA, top percentile MCAT practice tests, university "valedictorian", first and mid author publication with multiple presentations, insane amount of volunteering/mentoring, a few leadership involvements, 1000+ hours clinical; however 7 W's on transcript). I've also felt like I had a heart of gold and I'm very sad thinking about my past right now.
I am wondering (1) is this an app killer, (2) is this an app limiter, (3) do I report my violations if they are essentially not on my record, (4) how do I present this in the app section, (5) how do I go about seeking legal advice (yellow pages?). Please be brutally honest.
When I was 17 and then again when I was 18/19, I was pulled over while driving and was breathilized with a BAC over 0.02. I was told both of these were DWAL's, not DUI's. (DWAL is because I was under 21, so I legally should not be drinking anything, so anything over 0.02 is a violation; DUI is classified as 0.07 or greater in this state). I am currently 26 years old.
Since I was minor for my first infraction, I was entered into a forgiveness program which ostensibly "completely removed" it from my recorded (as opposed to "expunged", which I know would need to be reported). Again for my second violation, I was entered into a program which "removed" it from my record (again, not expunged). When I search my county's clerk of courts, the only thing that shows up is 2 counts of open container (from a separate, additional incident when I was 17, had wine bottles in my car)--nothing about my other offenses, presumably because of the forgiveness programs. I dropped out of high school.
Since then, I've had an immaculate traffic/criminal record (so ~6-7 years), and have turned things around academically (eg., 3.9 GPA, top percentile MCAT practice tests, university "valedictorian", first and mid author publication with multiple presentations, insane amount of volunteering/mentoring, a few leadership involvements, 1000+ hours clinical; however 7 W's on transcript). I've also felt like I had a heart of gold and I'm very sad thinking about my past right now.
I am wondering (1) is this an app killer, (2) is this an app limiter, (3) do I report my violations if they are essentially not on my record, (4) how do I present this in the app section, (5) how do I go about seeking legal advice (yellow pages?). Please be brutally honest.