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glaciate wrote:First of all, I've noticed a lot of people are asking if they should disclose, and this question has nothing to do with disclosing. I will disclose everything I need to disclose based on the wording of the questions on each individual application.

Okay, about a week after my 18th birthday, I was charged with Criminal Mischief and Criminal Damaging (both misdemeanors). I pled guilty to criminal mischief, and the charge of criminal damaging was dropped. A little more than a month later, I was charged with Petty Theft, but the charge was dropped. The Criminal Mischief conviction will be expunged from my record prior to application to law school, but I know I need to disclose it for some law schools anyway.

Over two years after these incidents, at the beginning of my second semester of college, I was drunk outside in the courtyard of my building, and I happened to be passed by a Campus Safety officer who was responding to a separate incident. As a result of seeing me stumble and puke, Campus EMS sent me to the hospital. I was later told by the Assistant Dean of Student Conduct that I likely should not have been sent to the hospital. This didn't result in any criminal charges, just Alcohol Intoxication and Hospitalization on my student conduct record. Anyway, about 9 months later, I was studying abroad and went out to a bar with friends. When I returned to the dorm a few hours later, I was not in any way drunk, but I talked to the Resident Director and he misinterpreted what I said. He gave me a conduct violation of Failure to Comply and Alcohol Intoxication. After talking to him, he realized he misunderstood me, and he dropped the Failure to Comply offense. He still found me to be intoxicated. I do have multiple witnesses to the fact that I was not drunk, and literally 5 minutes after this incident occurred, I was on Skype with my girlfriend and had a 3 hour long conversation with her. That being said, I know having witnesses in my favor at this point probably won't really help me.

Anyway, my question is this: With a misdemeanor and these two alcohol incidents on my college record, will it be looked at as a pattern of bad behavior/choices? I'm not applying until next cycle, and so by the time of my application, the most recent incident will be almost a year and a half prior. I will not have any future incidents, and I want to know if T-14 is out of the question with these incidents, even if I end up with competitive numbers.

glaciate wrote: Anyway, my question is this: With a misdemeanor and these two alcohol incidents on my college record, will it be looked at as a pattern of bad behavior/choices?