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[The Deep]

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[Mr.Smile12]

Don't you have a prehealth advisor who can advise your dean?

 

[The Deep]

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[Mr.Smile12]

I'm applying without my committee because I've been out of school for too long. I can check if they'd still be willing to help, but I might have to work with my dean on my own.

It's too late for a committee letter, but if I were your dean, I would ask your prehealth advisor and that committee for guidance.

The dean is asking you to provide information the committee presumably can help with. Also, is a dean of student conduct responsible for curating the records? That person should be trained in crafting the response, citing the violation specifically according to the handbook and the punishment you received. Additionally, there may be policies on expunging the records that the conduct dean should state.

Such a letter is usually vetted with university counsel.

 

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[Mr.Smile12]

Yeah, this is the director of student conduct, not academic affairs (my mistake). They are planning to write the violation and the results, but wanted to know if I or the prehealth committee have anything we'd like them to add. I guess I'll try to reconnect with my prehelth committee, but I'm not quite sure what will come out of it.

Okay... You can reflect on what you learned from the experience regarding academic integrity and professionalism. @LizzyM may also have some suggestions.

 

[LizzyM]

I'd give the dean of student conduct the AAMC guideline for letter writers. If the dean knew you, or knew your reputation outside of the IA, then perhaps a more expansive letter could be written with the usual, how long he's known you, in what context you first met, what positive attributes you have, the circumstances surrounding the IA and how you learned and grew from that experience as well as anything you've done since in terms of service to the school, etc (e.g. did you serve on a integrity board or give presentations to underclassmen about how to avoid accidentally cheating, etc).