alexxyc
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On 3/14/2016 at 1:06 PM, NM_ChemE said:
Did anyone here from Pittsburgh, SUNY Buffalo or Michigan State?
I got offers from UMBC (PhD in ChemE) and Wayne State (MS) in early February, but still waiting for the others.
If you are talking about PhD, im still waiting for Pitts as well.
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On 3/2/2016 at 1:45 PM, adlai_kat said:
Is it typical for schools to not notify you if you end up on the wait list?
I've hard back from less than half of the schools I applied to and its pretty late in the admissions process. Any thoughts?
I wouldn't give up hopes yet. I emailed some of the schools that I haven't heard back from and they told me decisions would be made by early April.
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On 2/21/2016 at 5:28 AM, percheme said:
Any more exciting news?
Got an offer from U of Houston last weekend with tuition waiver + stipend. Still waiting for others, I'm getting nervous. My top choices are U of Pittsburgh, Minnesota and Utah. Anyone heard back from any of the three i mentioned?
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Which school has a better chemical engineering graduate program? Any suggestion? I'm deciding which one to apply to and not planning on applying for both.
Which has a larger department, (a higher chance for acceptance maybe?)
These two are pretty close ranking-wise, so i'm swinging.
Any help would be appreciated.
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First of all, based on the limited details provided here, I just want to say that it is not "unfortunately [you] were held responsible too". Maybe I am wrong because you are omitting a lot of other details, and if so I apologize. But unless your friend did something like steal your homework from you or from the homework dropbox, then I would say you are (at least partly) responsible for the cheating.
I am not pointing this out to make you feel bad or to bring up the accusations again. I am saying this because I hope to help you. I want you to know that framing this whole thing as "not your responsibility" will not help you when you apply to graduate schools. When you explain this, you should be honest in what happened, accept responsibility, and show that you have learned from this event.
I don't think that schools will automatically disqualify you for instances like this. In my opinion, extremely harsh zero tolerance policies do not result in 100% honest behaviour. If the "punishment does not fit the crime" (so to speak), then professors, TAs, etc. will be more reluctant to properly report cases and investigate them. No one wants to expel or fail a student because they made one mistake or forgot a citation, for example.
Finally, it will be worth your time to carefully research if the schools you are applying to will even know about this event happening. I can only think of three ways for the school to find out: 1) this is recorded on your transcript, 2) someone who writes your LOR knows about this and writes about it, or 3) you are asked about this in the application form. For (1), you can order a transcript to yourself and see if it's there. For (2), you pick who writes the LOR. For (3), you must be absolutely honest, and this is where my second paragraph above comes in: Explain what happened, take responsibility, show that you learned and it won't happened again. People make mistakes. It's okay. But before you do this, find out what the school will know---remember that your current school isn't going to send your entire student record to the schools you apply to.
thank you for your suggestion. Some of the schools do ask about this in application and some don't. So for those don't, would you suggest me not bring that up myself? I do realize I am partly responsible and I have written a reflection paper regarding this incident at that time, which I decided to upload to those applications that ask this information.
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Some applications have a "special section" (don't remember the exact name) that allows you write in a special note... It specifically is meant for cases such as these, you can use this section to briefly state your side of the story. But the thing is that not all applications have this and indeed having this on your academic record can be a huge issue. It could even potentially cause automatic disqualification because many schools have zero tolerance for cheating and they simply won't know your side. Is there ANY way you can contact your university and ask about having this removed? Look up your university's student Ombudsperson and make an appt with him/her ASAP to discuss your options.
is it true that they won't even look at your explanation before disqualifying you? I made an appointment with the person in charge at my college to talk about this. Wish me luck. This is truly a frustrating situation
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This happened in my sophomore year.
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So in my case, a friend of mine copied my homework without my knowing. Then the instructor found out, my friend admitted (which really freaked me out). I was then unfortunately held responsible too. Would this record/history hurt my application?
I'm a senior undergrad, applying for ChemE Graduate programs.
Any information is appreciated. I'm really concerned.
2016 ChemE PhD Applicant Profiles and Admission Results
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When did you hear back from Pitts?