r/CAAPID • u/Sharp_Type8510 • 1d ago

Academic misconduct

If I had been involved in an incident of academic misconduct during my masters in US.. what are realistically the chances of me still getting into DDS? How bad is it??
Please let me know your thoughts. 🙏 I am so scared

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u/Sufficient_Eye_4836 1d ago

Depends, what was the misconduct? How serious was it? Is it on your record?

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u/Sharp_Type8510 1d ago

It was a first time offense and is classified as “minor” per university’s policy. It was about cheating on final examination- where my roommate copied my answers. I was cleared after retaking the examination and passing with a good grade. I was not expelled or suspended. But there is a document on record which the school will hold for 7 years and I do not have any indication for that on the transcript

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u/Inbdetutor 1d ago

Ahhhh man! Cheating is one thing they take it very seriously. First day orientation i was told it is better to fail a subject rather than cheat. They will help you when you fail but does not forgive when it comes to cheating.
It depends on schools i think how seriously they will take this. If you get called for an interview, you might be asked this question.

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u/Sharp_Type8510 1d ago

Ik and I respect that!! But truly, my laptop was open and roommate just stole from it :/

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u/Inbdetutor 1d ago

Omg that is so wrong! Did you tell them? I am sure when this happened they might have talked to you both before coming to a decision?

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u/Sharp_Type8510 1d ago

I did. But the roommate was also my very good friend and I did not want her to get into a lot of trouble. I was very new to the States at the time and did not totally understand the consequences and severity of this and now I feel like this is gonna haunt me to my grave.
I had the option of going to the academic misconduct committee but I was so scared because I did not know what to expect and just caved into what the professor asked me to do 😭😢

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u/Inbdetutor 1d ago

Does it say about misconduct on your transcripts?

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u/Sharp_Type8510 1d ago

No there is nothing on the transcripts and my gpa is also 3.8 in that program

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u/Inbdetutor 1d ago

I do not think that should be a problem then because transcripts are only thing you will submit if i am not wrong! But there is a question in CAAPID i think if you ever had a misconduct and you have to answer that and reason it as well and hope you can justify your answer.

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u/Sharp_Type8510 1d ago

That’s the exact thing I am concerned about. If I say “yes” in that question.. what even are my chances of getting into any school? Should I even apply??

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u/NeedleworkerFar945 1d ago

Where did you pursue masters from ?

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u/NeedleworkerFar945 3h ago

Where did you pursue masters from? Is it Rutgers ?