Chances of getting in after getting suspended from College

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So I am a junior in college. I got caught with drugs such as marijuana, ritalin, and MDMA. I got accepted into a direct transfer BSN program, but am most likely going to get suspended after my semester ends. I did something stupid because I had possession of these drugs for months and never used them. I don't know why I even bothered to buy them. The university police took the drugs away but are being nice enough to not report the case until after finals are over. At the university I am in a suspension for non academic reasons appears on the transcript. The university also says that suspension can affect admissions and acceptance into graduate school. I am worried as to if they will rescind my acceptance because of what the university will tell them. Is it even possible to get into nursing school at this point? There were no convictions or charges filed against me but it will be on my student disciplinary record and transcript. I am not an addict or even someone who abuses drugs. I have a 3.7 GPA and am taking pre med courses to hopefully be able to get into CRNA school but it seems like that's out of the picture entirely. Does anyone have any advice on how to apply to schools or what to do in this situation?

Start therapy in OASAS program and after sobriety you can consider to apply for counselor /CASAC training with BA. You have 3.7 GPA and counseling career could be better and easier than nursing in your particular situation. Good luck, stay in school ,just change your pathway.

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You were not physically arrested correct? Not detained, but taken somewhere, been booked or had a photo taken?

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No I had none of that happen, but I talked to the schools attorney and she said that they usually do send it to the states attorney office when they file it to the school as well. So now I am worried as to how the officer will file the documents.

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On 5/9/2019 at 7:39 PM, fxyghi said:

The nursing program and college are under the University of Maryland title. The nursing school is not a part of the university but is a separate University all together but I was told that they could still notify them.

I live on an on campus apartment. The officers just made me sign a consent to search paper because they had an anonymous tip.

I contacted the student legal aid here but since the county isn't pressing charges then they said it wouldn't be an attorney issue because at a student conduct hearing a lawyer can't do anything but give advice since only the student can speak. They do have a lawyer though if necessary.

Officers cannot "make" you sign anything. If they could search your room legally, no signature would have been required. What you did was allow them to search without having to obtain a warrant.

Unfortunately, if they are going to turn in the drugs to have formal charges pressed against you, the chances of you getting into CRNA school...a program where you have access to an ocean of some of the most potent drugs in the entire hospital and requires a high level of trust...is going to be slim to none.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.

You may want to talk to a lawyer. I don't know the rules in Maryland, but in Massachusetts the campus police at Harvard, Brandeis, and all of the public colleges are Special State Police. They are sworn officers who go to the State Police Academy, and have police powers on campus. Unpaid campus parking tickets don't just prevent you from graduating, they can also prevent you from renewing your auto registration. In short, the campus police could very well be "real" police.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

If it's the main UMD campus, it is actually an accredited (legit) police department: https://www.umpd.umd.edu/

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Based off what the attorney said they will send the charges to the state attorney based off the recommendation of the councils decision to file charges.

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You probably need to get a criminal attorney now. I hope things work out for you because that's just crazy to me

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