i messed up big time

[KrazyKid25]

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Hey guys, I'm a senior looking to apply in May. Last night I was in a park with this girl, and I guess we stayed a bit too late and I got cited by the police department for a curfew violation. I've searched it up and it appears to be a township ordinance violation. I'm now pretty worried about this impacting my ability to get in.

Other than that I have a decent app, 3.97, 519 and research, clinical, community service, and leadership. Just really worried about this blacklisting me from schools. Any advice? should I go to court w a lawyer?

 

[LizzyM]

I think that this is lower than a misdemeanor and more like a ticket for jaywalking or littering. Read the AMCAS instructions carefully. It is likely that you need not report this as it is the breaking of a very low level rule (you'd not go to jail for something like this but maybe be required to pay a small fine). It sounds like you have a decent application and this is unlikely to derail it.

 

[Goro]

The only schools you won't get into will be LUCOM and Loma Linda, so chill.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Find out if this citation is serious enough to report. I agree with LizzyM that your citation was like "not cutting your lawn."

P.S. Most police officers should be intimidating enough to scare you away before they give you a ticket. It's not like they have a quota issuing tickets for staying too late at the park.

 

[Med Ed]

The thread title is misleading. An ordinance violation is below a misdemeanor. It's basically a glorified parking ticket. And hanging out with a girl in a park at night is a behavior that most crusty old adcoms would consider normal, perhaps even endearing given the current stereotypes around younger generations.

"Messing up big time" is more like you tapped grandma's forehead with a hammer to get her to stop snoring and now she won't wake up.

 

[LelouchLamperouge]

And hanging out with a girl in a park at night is a behavior that most crusty old adcoms would consider normal, perhaps even endearing given the current stereotypes around younger generations.

Pfftttt. I just Lol’ed at this. Is that what you guys think of us haha

 

[Med Ed]

Pfftttt. I just Lol’ed at this. Is that what you guys think of us haha

It's impossible to escape the media narrative that younger generations are undersexed teetotalers who have been priced out of everything from concerts to home ownership. From a generation raised on 1980's party movies, it looks quite unfortunate.