misdemeanors on applications

[whitesoxfan2000]

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I am a sophmore premed student. I was wondering if you are required to list misdemeanor offenses on application for med school. I know most graduate schools require that you list felonies but not misdemeanors. Is this the same for med school? How much will this affect my med school chances? I was arrested for possession of alcohol by a minor if that matters. Thanks

 

[Jamier2]

First and foremost, you need to change your name to "Redsoxfan", but that is another matter altogether. 😉

Someone asked about just this sort of thing a while ago, and about everybody said don't mention it and hope it doesn't come up. I think that if it is trivial, as many misdemeanors are, then explain it and forget it. Others who have actually faced this choice can give you a better answer than me. 🙂

 

[lake show]

misdemeanors are not on your permanent record, to my best knowledge. my friend got jacked when he took an open can of beer in the streets during senior week at cornell. cop just arrested him there. he freaked b/c his apps were in, but the police said that it was just a misdemeanor and that it won't go on the permanent record. so i'd say don't put it in!

 

[Cassidy61]

The only way this would affect your application is if you did this on school grounds and had to appear before a judicial review board. At our undergraduate, our record reflected appearances before the school review board. Also, most secondaries that I filled out specifically asked somewhere if judicial action was ever pursued against you, regardless of guilt or innocence. So, if you managed this minor indescretion without involving your campus, you are in the clear. 😉

 

[colorado_1]

minor in possesion is a municipal offense. it's a ticket, like having a dog without a leash. is having a dog without a leash ticket neccessary to report? from a criminal justice perspective, both offenses carry about the same fine.

 

[Stephen Ewen]

I agree that it is a non-issue.

But what if it were not? What if it were a felony, or disciplinary action by your school?

(I say this for others who may read)

Truly, truly learn your lesson; grow from the "reproof of life"--even be truly thankful for it; and show on your statement how you have become better and wiser because of the incident, and how, after all has been said and done, it actually turned out, in the long-run, to be a very good experience in life for you that has made you better than you otherwise would have been without it.

As a wise man once said, "When you fall down, do not get up empty-handed."