I have been exchanging some messages with another SDNer who is worried about his prospects, and he gave me permission to post about his situation here. Two years ago, he impersonated two different professors over the course of a semester, attempting to procure test preparation materials from the publisher. I'm hazy about the details at this point, but it appears he was only caught for the second offense originally, and was suspended. A few months later, the first offense came to light, and at this point he was dismissed from the school. He also received an F in one of the two courses (not the other because that professor apparently did not make use of the TP materials himself, thus negating the unfair advantage). He enrolled somewhere else, and finished strong with no further incidents.
I told him that, unfortunately, this leaves him just about no chance of medical school. The way I see it (and I am not an adcom, as I also told him), he basically commit fraud in order to cheat...twice. Even though he swears up and down he has matured, I pointed out that there are just too many applicants without such grave scars on their history to justify taking him. He (and I) would like to know if others can give him more favorable news.
I told him that, unfortunately, this leaves him just about no chance of medical school. The way I see it (and I am not an adcom, as I also told him), he basically commit fraud in order to cheat...twice. Even though he swears up and down he has matured, I pointed out that there are just too many applicants without such grave scars on their history to justify taking him. He (and I) would like to know if others can give him more favorable news.