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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably. You’d obviously need to disclose this. [/quote]

Probably as in he will probably get rescinded? Should they disclose this to schools they have already heard back from, or to all the schools they have yet to hear from? I thought that all the online school would need to do is send his transcript at the end of the school year after they have heard back from all schools, at what point would they indicate rescindment? [/quote]

When they get the transcript and figure out your kid was kicked out of the school he applied from midyear. Realize you’ll have to send both official transcripts. They are going to see he left suddenly and without a plan and had no school for a while and figure out that something went very wrong.   At best, you are going to get tough questions because it is highly unusual for a kid to leave a school under the circumstances you describe midway through senior year. Without.  And, of course, he was admitted EA with the expectation that he would graduate from the school he applied from and that the class load, ECs, grades etc  he applied with would not change much before graduation.

A senior year D or F is bad. Behavior that gets you de facto expelled midway through senior year from a boarding school is much worse because it goes to your kids character. A kid who is unwelcome at his prior HS may not be a kid a college wants on their campus.

You need to inform RD schools of the change in circumstances now. Not doing so and hoping they won’t notice (they will) is an honesty/integrity issue. And it sounds like your kid already has a huge black mark in that area. Letting colleges believe he is still ant the boarding school and in good standing when they make RD decisions is not going to go over well.  I mean, neither is the not expulsion expulsion. But, if it looks like he’s trying to hide it, it is going to make any character questions much worse.

Basically, when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

And you may as well suck it up and disclose to EA admittances now. If they are going to rescind, it’s better to know now, when you have time to get a Plan B in place than in May or June.

This is an area where I would walk through your response and disclosure with a college counselor and develop a plan that minimizes the damage. But, hiding it, submitting the online transcript and kinda hoping colleges don’t catch on is not a good plan.  They will. And it will be a lot worse for your kid if he was asked to leave AND then lies by omission. That’s a pattern of character issues, rather than a one off. I’m assuming you have to screw up badly to be asked to leave midway through senior year without even being allowed to develop a transition plan.  If your kid committed a crime, that definitely must be disclosed.

It’s a good life lesson. Your kid might not like it, bit FAFO is real and things like community college to UVA/WM etc paths and gap years exist for a reason. [/quote]

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