GaGirl92

I emailed a few programs and asked for the insight so hopefully they have some advice for me. Thanks for the input. Yeah I've heard distancing yourself from the incident is always good. Just wasn't sure about how long that should probably be. It's just kind of weird because waiting makes me feel like I'm "behind" in life somehow and getting a late start which obviously isn't true as people start graduate school years after undergrad all the time. Thank you for your opinion.

I'm sorry for the confusion. I didn't state my question properly. I didn't mean to say is it an option to not mention the cheating. I'm definitely answering that honestly on my application. I really meant is applying to grad school even an option. I just feel as if I'll never get in now.

I have posted this in the general application section but I thought it might help to post here with people who know the Speech Path Application process. Getting straight to the point, I cheated on an exam in an undergraduate course. I took full responsibility for my discretion during a meeting that was set up by the Academic Dishonesty board. The meeting included my professor as well as a facilitator from the board and we collectively decided on what my punishment should, docked points on my exam. I was as shocked as anyone that my professor decided that was my punishment, according to him I wasn't cheating with very useful information. Either way, the meeting and the whole process put the fear of God in me and I felt absolutely terrible that I even put myself in that position and since then I have not cheated on anything. It honestly wasn't even worth it and now I just hate the fact that I did something that may hinder my future. Moving on to current issues, I plan to apply to graduate school in Speech Therapy and would hope to begin Spring or Fall 2017. I know that most graduate school applications ask about previous history regarding academic dishonesty and I fully intend to be honest and state what happened but I was wondering at this point is it really even an option. I have a good GPA and good GRE scores but I feel as if they have those stats from most applicants and would prefer to choose someone without academic dishonesty issues. It's just really hard to think that at 19 you could have really just changed the whole course of your future.