Speeding Ticket Question...

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[ppfizenm]

I apologize if this seems like a semi-neurotic question but I sent in all my secondaries like mid-August and I have never had anything on my record in my entire life and a couple weeks ago I got an 80 dollar speeding ticket, thats all it was, and I'm just wondering if I have to do anything about this, like do I have to inform the schools that this happened? Theres a decent chance that when I go to court in the next month this will be dropped because I have a clean record and I was cooperative, but I'm just wondering if I should be concerned about this? Thanks in advance!

Kiss of death for most schools. Better hope it gets plead down otherwise you're done

 

[Gamechanger]

I apologize if this seems like a semi-neurotic question but I sent in all my secondaries like mid-August and I have never had anything on my record in my entire life and a couple weeks ago I got an 80 dollar speeding ticket, thats all it was, and I'm just wondering if I have to do anything about this, like do I have to inform the schools that this happened? Theres a decent chance that when I go to court in the next month this will be dropped because I have a clean record and I was cooperative, but I'm just wondering if I should be concerned about this? Thanks in advance!

Is it possible for you to steal a homeless man's ID and forge a new identity for yourself sir?





























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but srsly you'll be right mate, don't worry.

 

[penndoc]

Not to scare you, but there is at least one state in which a speeding ticket is a misdemeanor (I think Tennessee or Virginia), and perhaps others. Our advisor at my undergrad told us about a candidate who received a ticket in that state and didn't report it. It ended up costing him an acceptance. It wouldn't hurt to double-check for your state, but I am 98% confident you'll be fine.

 

[deleted390966]

Our advisor at my undergrad told us about a candidate who received a ticket in that state and didn't report it. It ended up costing him an acceptance.

Just for a speeding ticket!!?!?!? 👎 🙄

 

[gettheleadout]

Just for a speeding ticket!!?!?!? 👎 🙄

In some states speeding is classified as a misdemeanor and would need to be reported on AMCAS.

 

[LizzyM]

Kiss of death for most schools. Better hope it gets plead down otherwise you're done

Not sure if serious....

Pay the fine, send an update to the schools if this is a misdemeanor and sleep easy. No one is going to find a candidate to be "risky" or "unacceptable" due to a speeding ticket.

 

[aSagacious]

Not to scare you, but there is at least one state in which a speeding ticket is a misdemeanor (I think Tennessee or Virginia), and perhaps others.

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I'm fairly certain that it's only beyond a certain speed that it becomes a misdemeanor. In other words 5 or 10 over the speed limit = moving violation, fine. 20+ over = misdemeanor. (Don't hold me to those numbers though).

 

[CurrySpice]

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I'm fairly certain that it's only beyond a certain speed that it becomes a misdemeanor. In other words 5 or 10 over the speed limit = moving violation, fine. 20+ over = misdemeanor. (Don't hold me to those numbers though).

That's what I've heard in Pennsylvania, but it is definitely varies by state.

 

[MegMurry]

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I'm fairly certain that it's only beyond a certain speed that it becomes a misdemeanor. In other words 5 or 10 over the speed limit = moving violation, fine. 20+ over = misdemeanor. (Don't hold me to those numbers though).

It looks like it's a state-by-state thing. For example, California operates on a points system and no matter how over the speed limit you are, it's only considered an infraction. Pay the fine, the points go on your record, but only for a finite amount of time...like 3 years or something.

 

[CodeBlu]

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I'm fairly certain that it's only beyond a certain speed that it becomes a misdemeanor. In other words 5 or 10 over the speed limit = moving violation, fine. 20+ over = misdemeanor. (Don't hold me to those numbers though).

Hahahahah I've gotten out of so many misdemeanors then.

 

[sector9]

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I'm fairly certain that it's only beyond a certain speed that it becomes a misdemeanor. In other words 5 or 10 over the speed limit = moving violation, fine. 20+ over = misdemeanor. (Don't hold me to those numbers though).

Yup, as others have said, state dependent.

In Nevada, any moving violation=misdemeanor, from what I've read

 

[AymAyzing]

20+ in Virginia is a misdemeanor. If you are in VA and facing a reckless driving charge, get a good lawyer.

 

[deleted401746]

This thread just made me remember a speeding ticket I got about 2 years ago (New Jersey, I think around 17mph over), and I did not think anything about it. I paid it, and that was that. It did not go on the AMCAS (did not even think that it would be classified as a misdemeanor, and even if it was that we would report that).

Now I just checked up online, and it seems that any speeding ticket from NJ is considered a misdemeanor - what do I do? I already applied, sent in secondaries, and attended interviews.

???😱???

EDIT: I am a NY resident

 

[Snuke]

20+ in Virginia is a misdemeanor. If you are in VA and facing a reckless driving charge, get a good lawyer.

Or plead it down to speeding. In our little county, the state troopers are making so much work for the local courts that they're quite willing to reduce a reckless to speeding so they don't have to process you in court.

Definitely know the laws of whatever state you're in. They can vary widely.