Is it an IA? and if so, is it worth disclosing?

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Hello all,

I am an alumni on my second gap year post-grad, and am planning on applying for the 2021 cycle.

I was pre-writing my application/surveying questions, and came upon the IA section. I had never gotten an official IA from my undergrad, however I did have an incident where screenshots of a group-chat where I discussed the consumption of alcohol and partying (I was 19 at the time) was sent to community standards by a member of the group-chat. I (and others in the group-chat) had a cautionary meeting with community standards, and discussed the messages with them as well as why they were wrong.

I was never caught with alcohol, never formally sanctioned, and received no punishment. I called them last year and asked if I had anything I was required to disclose on my medical school application, and they said they didn't have any formal sanctions, but didn't answer the question full stop.

I brought it up to the committee at my school, and they stated that I should disclose it, as the risk of them finding evidence of me discussing alcohol far outweighed the risk of me coming clean and stating why I had a meeting. It doesn't appear anywhere on my transcript and was not denoted as a formal institutional action anywhere.

Should I disclose this as an IA? and If so, how would you recommend I go about the disclosure.

Thank you
 
Thank you for your response,

My question is: if it isn't a big deal, would disclosure of it hurt me? I feel as if it's a pascal's wager-esque situation where if I don't disclose, it may hurt me greatly, whereas if I disclose (due to it not being a big deal) it may only hurt me slightly. I'm just on the fence and I'm afraid the committee might make reference to it in my letter, considering I (perhaps wrongfully) brought it up to them.

Thank you for your time
 
Hello all,

I am an alumni on my second gap year post-grad, and am planning on applying for the 2021 cycle.

I was pre-writing my application/surveying questions, and came upon the IA section. I had never gotten an official IA from my undergrad, however I did have an incident where screenshots of a group-chat where I discussed the consumption of alcohol and partying (I was 19 at the time) was sent to community standards by a member of the group-chat. I (and others in the group-chat) had a cautionary meeting with community standards, and discussed the messages with them as well as why they were wrong.

I was never caught with alcohol, never formally sanctioned, and received no punishment. I called them last year and asked if I had anything I was required to disclose on my medical school application, and they said they didn't have any formal sanctions, but didn't answer the question full stop.

I brought it up to the committee at my school, and they stated that I should disclose it, as the risk of them finding evidence of me discussing alcohol far outweighed the risk of me coming clean and stating why I had a meeting. It doesn't appear anywhere on my transcript and was not denoted as a formal institutional action anywhere.

Should I disclose this as an IA? and If so, how would you recommend I go about the disclosure.

Thank you
What the heck school is this where someone narcs on a group chat. Unless y'all were being really grody. Not an IA in my book as a past RA. School didn't even do anything but tell you to stop shenanigans.
 
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