How does one not know they have an IA?

[lalex]

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I was talking to a friend recently who was going to apply last June, but told me he had found out during the app process he had an IA from 2 years ago? How is that even possible? Is he just full of ****?

I would assume his school would tell him he was caught doing something.

 

[mimelim]

I was talking to a friend recently who was going to apply last June, but told me he had found out during the app process he had an IA from 2 years ago? How is that even possible? Is he just full of ****?

I would assume his school would tell him he was caught doing something.

It happens, with surprising frequency. Not everyone is conscientious or careful. It is usually those same qualities that led to the IA in the first place. Not every case is clear cut. Not all schools have transparent or simple processes. They can be very convoluted and even the punishments can be hard to understand fully. It is similar to people not knowing that they were convicted of a misdemeanor for traffic violations. In those cases it is either clearly printed on the ticket (if you aren't going to contest it in court) or the judge has to reiterate that your plea will constitute a misdemeanor conviction. Yet, the number of people that brush it off is actually surprisingly high.

There is a reasonable amount of debate (on admissions and on SDN) if not paying close enough attention to realize these things is a black mark on an application or if it should be, but there are definitely people every cycle that fall into this category.

 

[NotWayneBrady]

Been a bit worried about this myself. I accidentally had a P2P client running on my school's network and had to jump through some hoops with my school's administration back in undergrad.

The wording however is EXTREMELY vague on whether or not the first offence counts as a warning, or an IA. So I guess that's how it happens.

 

[lalex]

So if he was never informed, how was he recently informed? Is it on a transcript?

 

[Conflagration]

Hello, OP. You joined on my 21st birthday! 😀

As to how a person is notified of an IA, it depends on the school. Some will notify via e-mail, or the committee/person issuing the report would notify him verbally. He would have probably heard something, though- since a lot of universities have a process so the defendant/accused could appeal the decision of the committee.

My old school attaches those records to the transcript, and it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of other schools do the same thing.

 

[lalex]

Hello, OP. You joined on my 21st birthday! 😀

As to how a person is notified of an IA, it depends on the school. Some will notify via e-mail, or the committee/person issuing the report would notify him verbally. He would have probably heard something, though- since a lot of universities have a process so the defendant/accused could appeal the decision of the committee.

My old school attaches those records to the transcript, and it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of other schools do the same thing.

Yeah I'm assuming was informed and he probably didn't know it was an IA/how serious it is.

 

[inky]

Yeah I'm assuming was informed and he probably didn't know it was an IA/how serious it is.

But how would the schools he applied to find out about it if he couldn't see it anywhere?

 

[lalex]

But how would the schools he applied to find out about it if he couldn't see it anywhere?

No clue? Maybe he saw it on his transcript and found out that way?
That's actually pretty scary to think a college can just mark your transcript with something so major without even being able to explain yourself.