Hey everyone. I need some help regarding institutional actions.
So I am finishing up a master’s program (not SMP) and I had to, unfortunately, retake a course a year ago because my grade dropped below the required 3.0 average. This resulted in me being placed on academic probation. About halfway through that course, my mother was diagnosed with cancer and it completely shook me. The depression from her diagnoses and seeing her go through treatment made school almost impossible for me. However, if I could go back I would have absolutely handled the situation differently. I retook the class the following block, got an A, and was taken off of probation. I reached out to my academic advisor about the situation and she said she does not believe I have to report it. In her own words: "It is just a policy we have, not necessarily any "action" taken towards you as a student, i.e. dismissal, etc, if that makes sense."
When looking at my transcript, the probation is never mentioned. However, I do know med school adcoms can request to view my academic record. It almost seems like my particular university does not keep a record of these types of things unless something really major happened. I did fill out a request with the enrollment services to see if there is any kind of record of this just in case. So my question is, is this something I should disclose on applications, even if there is no official record of it?
Any advice would be helpful.
So I am finishing up a master’s program (not SMP) and I had to, unfortunately, retake a course a year ago because my grade dropped below the required 3.0 average. This resulted in me being placed on academic probation. About halfway through that course, my mother was diagnosed with cancer and it completely shook me. The depression from her diagnoses and seeing her go through treatment made school almost impossible for me. However, if I could go back I would have absolutely handled the situation differently. I retook the class the following block, got an A, and was taken off of probation. I reached out to my academic advisor about the situation and she said she does not believe I have to report it. In her own words: "It is just a policy we have, not necessarily any "action" taken towards you as a student, i.e. dismissal, etc, if that makes sense."
When looking at my transcript, the probation is never mentioned. However, I do know med school adcoms can request to view my academic record. It almost seems like my particular university does not keep a record of these types of things unless something really major happened. I did fill out a request with the enrollment services to see if there is any kind of record of this just in case. So my question is, is this something I should disclose on applications, even if there is no official record of it?
Any advice would be helpful.