Student Conduct Violation - Warning

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Will this hurt my chances?

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Hello.

I am applying to both DO and MD schools at this time, and came across the "Institutional Action" and "Student Conduct Violation" sections on the AMCAS and AACOMAS, respectively.

I have received a Written Warning for Violation of the "Key Use" Policy during my sophomore year.

I had a private room my sophomore year (I paid a lot of money not to have roommates in the dorms), and I gave my friend my key card in order to access my room while I was in class a few different times. The policy at my school was to never allow another student to access your room if you were not present, and generally don't give people your keycards. One time, I gave him my keycard when I was hurrying to class and he was going to use it to retrieve a textbook for me for my next class that I had forgotten in my room. My RA at the time saw him accessing my room without me being present, and notified the Hall Director, at which time I was given a Written Warning for Violating the Key Use Policy.

Do you think this will hurt my chances for getting into Medical School?

My preliminary MCAT 2015 score indicates I scored between the 83-93 percentile, and my total GPA is a 3.83 with a 3.67 Science and 3.95 Non-Science GPA.
 
no expert here, but highly doubt it. it's not like you got hammered and fought 10 campus cops
 
These types of things should not even be a second thought. This will have absolutely no bearing on anything that ever happens in your life. Stop worrying about it.
 
Hiding it will have repercussions. Reporting it won't. Med schools are going to be suspicious about IAs for cheating, but I would think they probably won't care too much about a Key Use Policy.
 
Hiding it will have repercussions. Reporting it won't. Med schools are going to be suspicious about IAs for cheating, but I would think they probably won't care too much about a Key Use Policy.
I wasn't going to hide it, I just wanted to be sure that this situation would not make Adcoms immediately disregard my application. It seems the overwhelming opinion is that this won't count against me when I apply. I can't imagine having something like an MIP or a cheating violation though!
 
That seems pretty minor in the grand scheme of things.
 
Provide a clear and short explanation to what happened without any excuses, and you should be fine.
 
Nope x 100


Hello.

I am applying to both DO and MD schools at this time, and came across the "Institutional Action" and "Student Conduct Violation" sections on the AMCAS and AACOMAS, respectively.

I have received a Written Warning for Violation of the "Key Use" Policy during my sophomore year.

I had a private room my sophomore year (I paid a lot of money not to have roommates in the dorms), and I gave my friend my key card in order to access my room while I was in class a few different times. The policy at my school was to never allow another student to access your room if you were not present, and generally don't give people your keycards. One time, I gave him my keycard when I was hurrying to class and he was going to use it to retrieve a textbook for me for my next class that I had forgotten in my room. My RA at the time saw him accessing my room without me being present, and notified the Hall Director, at which time I was given a Written Warning for Violating the Key Use Policy.

Do you think this will hurt my chances for getting into Medical School?

My preliminary MCAT 2015 score indicates I scored between the 83-93 percentile, and my total GPA is a 3.83 with a 3.67 Science and 3.95 Non-Science GPA.
 
i had a similar stupid little written warning. The interviewers just made a joke about it. Please don't stress over that
 
Don't fret over this lol. It's not a big deal at all.
 
Just report it, sound remorseful and you'll be fine.

This is the least offensive Institutional Action I've ever heard of...please don't stress
 
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