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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
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