Will DC get rescinded?

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Anonymous wrote:I will be honest…admission probably should be rescinded.

No boarding school is EXPELLING a kid final semester of senior year for anything other than a major incident.

Parent of a boarding school kid and this is not true at all. DC's school is strict and seems to like making examples of 17/18 year old kids who made a mistake. There have been a couple of seniors who have been asked to withdraw like OP's this year and every year we have been there.

Give an example please. What did a kid do that made them have to withdraw.

Example 1. Vaping 2nd offense is one 4.0 unweighted GPA student with multiple leadership roles in EC's.

Example 2. Group of seniors got caught skipping class. One lied about who else was with them to protect their GF/BF. School disciplined all the kids. Kicked out /forced withdrawal the one who lied to protect their GF/BF and suspended the one who suggested the kid lie. The one who was suspended for suggesting the first kid lie also has this on their permanent record that will go to colleges.

So, very valid reasons. No college should want a student with substance abuse problems or a liar.

Oh please, no public school is putting anything on a kids record for these types of issues. Get on the public school forums and read about cases of assault where kids aren't disciplined or criminally charged and the victims are the ones who have to move schools.

Oh please. "But look what he did" is not an excuse for your kid's reprehensible behavior.

Either you are a troll or you don't have a teenage kid. Kids make dumb mistakes. They need to be disciplined and educated not kicked out for minor offenses. We don't know what OP's kid did. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't.

My husband got kicked out of private school freshman year for fighting. This wouldn’t happen at public school.

I went to a private school in the 80s and nobody got kicked out for fighting, not even me lol. Different times.

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Anonymous wrote:the university will wonder why?

GMAFB, you could just say the student voluntarily withdrew because he was sexually/racially harassed by a school coach/teacher/chaplain.

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Anonymous wrote:the university will wonder why?

GMAFB, you could just say the student voluntarily withdrew because he was sexually/racially harassed by a school coach/teacher/chaplain.

So the school as nice enough to allow the student to “withdraw” instead of expulsion, and you think OP’s kid should slander the school?

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Has DC turned 18 yet? If so they could get a full time job, internship, volunteer or travel and spin it to colleges as a “ couldn’t turn down” opportunity.

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Anonymous wrote:the university will wonder why?

GMAFB, you could just say the student voluntarily withdrew because he was sexually/racially harassed by a school coach/teacher/chaplain.

So the school as nice enough to allow the student to “withdraw” instead of expulsion, and you think OP’s kid should slander the school?

Thank you for slandering a kid you don't even know /s

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Anonymous wrote:the university will wonder why?

GMAFB, you could just say the student voluntarily withdrew because he was sexually/racially harassed by a school coach/teacher/chaplain.

So the school as nice enough to allow the student to “withdraw” instead of expulsion, and you think OP’s kid should slander the school?

Thank you for slandering a kid you don't even know /s

In what way did I slander a kid? Do you know what "slander" means?

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Anonymous wrote:I have read this whole thread with interest. What worries me is the lack of compassion from the other parents for the OP.
I wish the OP had been more transparent bc yes, there is a huge difference between rape/racist incident/assault and a drug infraction or rule breaking. We don't know how big or small the offense may have been.
I think the real issue is if your child did something really bad- bullying, assault, racist act. I would not be worrying about college and instead be looking at psychological counseling and a gap year that helps build character.
If the offense was truly small, then I am with the group that says find a college counselor to advise you on how to go. I do think the school is trying to help you by letting you withdraw so you could simply say he had to withdraw and go online and don't elaborate...but get professional advice. I do know a kid from our Big 3 who was forced to withdraw a a junior for what I see a not huge drug offense (involving pot) a few years ago. He was suicidal and hospitalized- felt like his future was destroyed. It took him a few years to recover and ended up in college but the punishment did not fit the crime.
Since we don't know the details of your case, I want to be kind. If your kid did indeed so something really bad that hurt someone else please get them the help they need.

Having compassion does not mean that you shelter people from consequences or hard truths. Trying to cover up or lie about a problem is not how adults should handle things. If the student got drunk or high and was kicked out, most schools would treat an honest letter kindly. Other things, maybe not, but it is always better to show that you have learned from your mistakes.

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Anonymous wrote:the university will wonder why?

GMAFB, you could just say the student voluntarily withdrew because he was sexually/racially harassed by a school coach/teacher/chaplain.

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