Suspended 4 times from high school sophomore year

[Anonymous]

I call troll. Otherwise, you are a terrible parent. One suspension for a “political statement.” Questionable parenting. 4? Total fail. You are the parent here. Your child shouldn’t be in this position as it will most likely affect admissions. Hope whatever stupid statement your kid was trying yo make was worth it…

[Anonymous]

Your kid must have strong political convictions to get suspended four times. S/he should has lots of thoughts about it that could be put into an essay.

[Anonymous]

I was hoping this was a kid protesting gun violence or something for the good of society until I saw the dress code violation part. But, like several PPs suggested, it looks like this may have been some selfish anti-mask activity. I would hardly call that a political protest. But, explain it, and see how the colleges feel about a kid who doesn't follow community safety guidelines.

Hoping this was a kid protesting some other dress code.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like an ideal candidate for UVA

another uninformed poster, not this is not even close to an ideal candidate for anything but Hillsdale and Liberty. UVA is not conservative by any means.

[Anonymous]

Natural consequences. Very simple - he made choices and should be prepared to defend them. And your DH cannot grumble if the decisions don’t land as planned.

[Anonymous]

NP here and I’m not an expert at all on college admissions but if this was about masks I would be upfront and explain in an essay. I can’t see how it would hurt him unless he’s applying to schools in this area.

My relatives are all over the country and very liberal and couldn’t believe how long we were required to wear masks in our area. Their lives were back to normal and kids were going to school mask free that entire year. I bet a lot of colleges look at protesting a mask mandate as a positive. And no, I’m not referring to only Liberty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS has 3. 5 GPA, the reason he was suspended last year was because he political protest. It was a “safety/dress code issue”.
Will college asked the question why he got suspended ? My DH thought it was a good idea, because he is into currently events, but we are not sure how it look when they asked him what kind of “protest”… do they find out ?

No. Schools don't report these things to colleges. It's upto the student to do that. I'd talk to a college admissions counselor if this can be leveraged strategically in the application process. If not, don't bother reporting. Given his GPA, I don't think you'll be targeting top schools anyways..

I've known kids who cheated on tests (part of a cheating ring), get penalized by the school but got into top schools. Obviously they didn't report it.

[Anonymous]

Colleges may not ask about disciplinary records, but I'd be curious what the letters of recommendations said or implied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Natural consequences. Very simple - he made choices and should be prepared to defend them. And your DH cannot grumble if the decisions don’t land as planned.

+1000%

Do stupid things, win stupid prizes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was hoping this was a kid protesting gun violence or something for the good of society until I saw the dress code violation part. But, like several PPs suggested, it looks like this may have been some selfish anti-mask activity. I would hardly call that a political protest. But, explain it, and see how the colleges feel about a kid who doesn't follow community safety guidelines.

Hoping this was a kid protesting some other dress code.

I think a lot of the comments are negative because we are assuming it was antimask and most of us are sick of those people. But imagine if it were a protest of a sexist dress code? Or a racist one? If it were my kid I would be proud of them and encourage them to tell their side of the story. Write about it as their main essay even.

The main issue for OP's kid seems to be she regrets whatever he did, or recognizes that it comes across badly.