Greetings All, Based on everyone's wonderful advice. I applied for admission at Troy University's eCampus toady. Much to my shock, their application had a huge section about previous criminal charges. Unfortunately I do have a couple of those from about 6 years ago. eek:The very reason I want to become and addiction therapist) Hopefully, I will get accepted. Does anyone know if they can deny a student admission based on a criminal record?? Oh well, if not I guess I will have wasted $30.00. It wont be the end of the world.
What was done, was done. But I do not believe that your previous records cause you not to be admitted. If you are applying for those prestigious scholarships, yes that will certainly be a factor. But as a normal student I do not believe you will be barred from the university if you meet their academic criteria. Good Luck!
I'd take your money :-D Just in case you do ever have trouble, expunging your record can be really easy depending on the situation and your state. I won't ask, just saying, you could be surprised, particularly if you got a deferral. In my state, most first time charges are dismissed after the deferal and then you just have to seal the record. Sorry for the unsolicited advise.
Thanks for the advice everyone. I didn't have a problem getting grants and student loans last year, so I think I will be O.K. I am working on an application for a pardon. This is just like having my record expunged. I have tons of paper work to get together, but the guy at the Governor's office thought I would have a pretty good chance at it. I hope so. I want to have that done by the time I get my degree. That's one of the reasons I work so hard to keep my grades at a 4.0, it will look better on my pardon application. If Troy doesn't accept me it will be there loss. I am, after all, a great student...not to tout my own abilities.
Good for you. You deserve a second chance. My money is on you really doing something great in the future. Nice work on that 4.0, I did it too and it is not easy!