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Hello, it is my understanding that the Institutional Action is referring to academic related problems. Would being placed on non-academic probation be something I would have to disclose?
Hello, it is my understanding that the Institutional Action is referring to academic related problems. Would being placed on non-academic probation be something I would have to disclose?
Hello, this is probably a neurotic question, but IAs are only about (negative) conduct and academic issues right? I transferred from one undergrad college to another, and on my transcript it says under Actions "Internal Transfer Fall 2005." But I definitely don't need to check the IA box for this right?
Softmore year I tried mushrooms with my roommate and got caught wondering around on campus. That was 4 years ago now. I was put on non-academic probation and did some classes for it. I think I have a really strong app, but am afraid this will kill it. If I don't report it, will it definitely come up and if I do, do I still stand a chance? It shows up when I request the deans certification list of my record. Do the applications always check this?
Is this something they will definitely check? What happens if I don't report it and they find out, can I say that I didn't think it was institutional action? Or if the best thing to do is to report it, other than just take responsibility and say what you learned, is there anything else they want to see? Finally, if you get to interviews, are they still going to bring it up? This is so stupid if this is going to ruin my whole application.
If they find out at some point that you've hid this they can pull your acceptance. If it's later in your career they can rescind your degree. You're going to have to take responsibility for this. Heck, you even said it was on your record. It's not something you're going to be able o hide. Pretending you didn't know isn't going to fly. Yes, they might bring it up at your interviews, as they should, because it was a lapse of judgement on your part.
The thing is that schools have many applicants who didn't get into trouble. You have to prove that they should look past this.
Again, I'd like to repeat my advice:
Make sure this actually went on your record as institutional action. You shouldn't even be posting here until you figure that out. If it has, you must report it. If it hasn't, then you're scot-free. You do not need to report it if it wasn't considered institutional action.
Beware:
It is important to have accurate information when dealing with delicate situations such as this. I don't mean to "call you out", but your advice on this situation is not good.
It also says this (which I posted earlier):
"If you are not certain whether or not you have been the subject of an institutional action, contact the registrar, student affairs officer, or other appropriate party at the institution for confirmation of your record"
Only if our OPer calls and they give him incorrect information is my advice poor. Yes, the OP should be very sure it's not considered institutional action and did not go on a record that medical schools can access, but once that has been done there's no reason to report the offense.
I'm not sure that probation is always institutional action. Different schools have different rules and different policies on things, and this might be an affair that's dealt with entirely internally. It might be a secret record or it might be a housing issue. This is why you have to clarify with someone who knows what they're talking about at your school.
In my experience on an admissions committee, non-academic probation (as stated by the original poster) is institutional action as outlined by AMCAS. Even if it is a secret record, AMCAS still requires that this information be disclosed. Now if you are telling the original poster to be dishonest and withhold information that AMCAS requires to be disclosed, I still consider that bad advice.
It is not on my transcripts, but there is a detailed record of the event when I check the records office. Once I report it, will they request and see the identicle report?
Then must I address all the points in the report as well or can I talk more generally about the event, to not make the matter seem as bad as it sounds there? In there it states that while under the influence I was in traffic trying to get into peoples cars, resissted arrest, had to write a paper on the dangers of muschrooms, and was put on non-academic probation till graduation.
Needless to say, I made a bad judgement to experiment and lost control in this situation. I have moved past this and don't want to let one bad decision hinder my future goals.