Our son has excellent academic record with a GPA of 3.99 (weighted 4.85), SAT: 1520, PSAT: 1470, ACT: 32, National Merit Commended School, 16 AP courses with all As or A-s High School Athlete. He is bright, smart, active and a social magnet in his class. Helpful and friendly always.
He is looking to apply under graduate business school at some of the top schools for the Fall 2017 admissions session - Northwestern, Indiana, UCB, NYU Stearn, Dartmouth, Georgetown, UCLA, UMich, UNC Chapel Hill, Boston College.
We believed that he has been on the target for some of the above schools, until he took disciplinary action from his school for something very significant. He was caught with a 'substance' in his possession. He has been and still is a very normal kid with no known aberration otherwise & this is a one-off incident in which he went astray without our knowledge. (I understand that, to some, this sounds like a typical parent coverup, but such is not the case here). The school decided to take a very harsh view of this and decided to expel him, without any consideration. We have, of our own, withdrew from the school (without facing expulsion) and now joined a different local public school.
Long story short - what are his chances of applying to any of the schools of his choice? Given that he has no history, nor known use of 'substances', how can we get a favorable view from colleges? He is already suffering from considerable anguish, our goal is to ignore the self-inflicted wound and move ahead.
If anyone (college counselors welcome) has experience dealing with a case like this, I would like to hear. In summary, he would have 3 huge disadvantages coming through this: i) A school disciplinary record with a suspension for 2 days ii) a difficulty in getting quality recommendations that he could have otherwise got at his old school (which is unlikely now) iii) A possible criminal case pending against, which is being dealt by a defense attorney.
Thanks in advance.
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