Hello,
I am currently applying to medical schools. GPA 3.5, MCAT 512. Have been scribing for the past year post undergraduate. During my freshman year I got reported by my RA for smoking marijuana. I also self reported the incident to my College and was I placed on conduct probation and did 80 hours community service. No criminal charges were involved.
The application has a section for conduct violations. However my parents and brother do not believe I should report this incident as there it was minor and there is no official record of it. According to my Universities website:
"Records of lower level student conduct action (e.g., written warning, conduct probation) are maintained during the student’s attendance at the University and removed once the student graduates. If the student discontinues enrollment at Butler (e.g., transfers to another institution, drops out) the record is removed five (5) years after the student’s separation from the University."
My question is: is it legitimately in my best interest to withhold that I was placed on conduct probation? It seems that the schools I apply to would only know about the incident because of me mentioning it in the application. And including it seems like it would decrease my chances of getting into school because they would be more likely to go with any other applicant with similar stats.
Follow up: What would be a good approach to including the conduct violation in the application?
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