Medical How should I report a speeding misdemeanor?

[Mr.Smile12]

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On my way to my first medical school interview in mid-October, I got a ticket for exceeding the posted speed limit by ~13mph on a rural highway. My court date is in early December. For basically every medical school, they want applicants to disclose misdemeanors and felonies, and unfortunately, speeding ~13mph is a Class C Misdemeanor in the state I got the ticket in. I have no traffic violations, and have a clean criminal record to my knowledge at this time.

I have three questions:
1) I already have an acceptance offer, and in their secondary, they mentioned to disclose misdemeanors and felonies (excluding traffic violations). Is it in my best interests to report the speeding violation to the school that accepted me?
2) Should I report my speeding ticket ASAP to all medical schools whether they have extended me an II or still waiting for a decision?
3) Will it hurt me in any way due to my recent speeding ticket and its classification as a misdemeanor?

Thank you for your help! I want to make sure I get the details right because I do not want a rescinded acceptance or worse because of a speeding ticket.

1) You should report your speeding ticket. Not all misdemeanors are equal, but they'll all show up in a criminal background check which should be run prior to matriculation and probably annually thereafter. I don't know if +13 mph speeding is serious enough to get your acceptance rescinded, but you should always report.
2) You should let those schools where you will interview know. Again, it's probably not a real issue until you get to a point where they will run a background check on you. (You'll always have a chance to review it before the report gets sent to the schools for accuracy purposes.)
3) See my previous responses in this reply.