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15 Aug 2016, 15:54
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Occasional lurker here. I have a question that's been troubling me for a while now and finally made an account hoping to find good answers.
I scored 770 on the GMAT, have a unique work experience, some community work, and am an international student from an under-represented country. However, I have two misdemeanor DUI convictions from when I was 21 and 23 years old. I am turning 28 later this year, have not gotten into any other run in with the law, and will have both DUIs expunged within the next couple of weeks or so. While some schools like Booth explicitly states that applicants do not have to answer "yes" if the conviction(s) have been expunged, other schools do not say so. Is it in my best interest to answer "no" to every conviction question or should I answer "yes" to schools that do state that I can answer "no" if the conviction(s) have been expunged? Will expunged records show up on the background check later on? Not sure what my best move is, since if expunged records do not show up on background checks then I should not bring up something that happened while I was in college/fresh out of college. I think it's harder to play it off as a mistake when I had two convictions.
Does anyone have any experience regarding issues like this?
I scored 770 on the GMAT, have a unique work experience, some community work, and am an international student from an under-represented country. However, I have two misdemeanor DUI convictions from when I was 21 and 23 years old. I am turning 28 later this year, have not gotten into any other run in with the law, and will have both DUIs expunged within the next couple of weeks or so. While some schools like Booth explicitly states that applicants do not have to answer "yes" if the conviction(s) have been expunged, other schools do not say so. Is it in my best interest to answer "no" to every conviction question or should I answer "yes" to schools that do state that I can answer "no" if the conviction(s) have been expunged? Will expunged records show up on the background check later on? Not sure what my best move is, since if expunged records do not show up on background checks then I should not bring up something that happened while I was in college/fresh out of college. I think it's harder to play it off as a mistake when I had two convictions.
Does anyone have any experience regarding issues like this?
15 Aug 2016, 16:23
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I haven't worked on the admission side, but I will share this, I worked with someone who had a fresh felony for insider trading and was accepted to both Booth and Kellogg and offered Merit Scholarships of $50,000 and $60,000 respectively, in the third round, no less.
He just graduated.
So that might put your mind at ease a little bit. I don't know necessarily is how he reported this on his app.
Farrell Dyan Hehn, MBA
Admissions Consultant & Verbal Strategist MBAPrepCoach.com
He just graduated.
So that might put your mind at ease a little bit. I don't know necessarily is how he reported this on his app.
Farrell Dyan Hehn, MBA
Admissions Consultant & Verbal Strategist MBAPrepCoach.com
15 Aug 2016, 21:36
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I would always be honest here. For schools like Booth that make it clear expunged records do not need to be reported follow the directives for schools that do not follow the directives. Schools understand things happen and considering these are misdemeanors and not felonies these incidents should not impact your decision if you follow the directions and report what they ask of you honestly. If you are qualified and the school feels you are admission worthy then I'm sure these misdemeanors will not affect your decisions. Good Luck! Rooting for you!
