Institutional Action - Conduct Violation

[Emma Jane]

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[Goro]

How old were you when this happened?
Why did you omit the data? Was it a mistake or deliberate?

 

[wysdoc]

It will help if the probation is lifted before you graduate , but it will still be on your transcript/college record for the next 7 years.
Do better, be factual and truthful from now forward, and get back to being a hardworking student with no shortcuts.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

First, if you have to plan for a 3-4 year gap, don't consider medical school now. Get your mental health issues under control, but OCD is not an excuse for not meeting professionalism expectations or maintaining a sense of self-accountability. Get a real job and work for a living. Medical schools are always going to be around, and plenty of non-trad applicants who bombed their undergraduate courses at the start find their way to medical school. Seriously, enjoy your life and find something you are passionate about. Be a humanities major. Get a med assisting job. Don't take the MCAT until you are ready to apply, which means 7 years from now.

Second, you may be asked to discuss any incidents that have not been documented as a test of your integrity. Will you choose to exclude this truth too?

I don't understand why you would exclude one test score or a grade from a professor who has full access to your academic record at the same university. And what program were you applying for that required the transcript?

You are a sophomore, which means you are an independently-thinking adult. You aren't a naive freshman trying to "learn the ropes." Why was this "program" so important to you?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

With all of the replies, it just feels like there is no other way to navigate this unless I take several gap years, which to me, is not ideal. My professor does not have access to my complete transcript, just my GPA, but yes I understand that was wrong on my end; and the program itself was not so important to me, it was really me being irrational. Again, I literally made a very very dumb choice.

You're also not telling us what "program" this is and why not including a test score matters to your competitiveness. Being mature enough to confess to the truth is desirable for any professional, even when our politicians don't.

 

[Goro]

I think that this happened early enough in your academic career that it may not hurt you, as long as you get your mental health issues under control, and I mean complete control.

Medical school is a furnace and I've seen it break even healthy students.

Lead an exemplary life
And own your transgression

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I would rather not dox myself, which is why I am not revealing it, it is not a graduate program at all, it was a conference that did not require a transcript but the professor did. The professor reported this to my university. I, in all honesty omitted the grade even though it was a perfectly acceptable grade a B+. I just personally for me, fixated upon it so much to the point where my perfection got in the way of making a rational decision.

I'm confused. How is this a violation of academic integrity according to your student code? Under what circumstances does a grade disqualify you from attending a conference? Unless a very high GPA is required for an invitation, I don't understand this situation or how it is under the jurisdiction of your student conduct committee.

Ultimately the details matter and it could make a difference between me saying, it's a nothingburger (just admit you weren't fully honest with the disclosure) vs. you are exiled from medical school admissions. I can't force you to disclose, but the fewer details you provide, the less helpful the advice will be.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

To answer your question, this was not a violation of academic integrity, but rather a disciplinary conduct violation, the professor believed that the act of dishonesty was enough to report me directly to the committee, (possibly because he may have intended to write about a previous grade in his letter, but this is just speculation) which they ruled for a disciplinary probation. This would not appear on my official transcript, nor would this be on my academic conduct record, just my disciplinary conduct record, which is still classified as an IA in the AMCAS unless removed.

In the end, you need to know what was written up about you, what rules/codes you broke, and the remediation. I don't see your transgression as one that warrants a 3-year exile from the process (controlled/prohibited substances or organized cheating are not involved here).