I'll just be honest depending on your school a 3.3 gpa and a criminal record isn't anything to be proud of.

HAHAHA...did you just try to brag about a high school GPA?

Oh, that's right, you're young. That's cute. ;)

Anyway, you are interested in NPC and have gotten good advice in this thread in spite of yourself. Good luck. :)

No, it's not lol

The whole "Sensuret is a woman thing" put this stupid earworm in my head -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57q3kq4FP2o

And from the looks of your posts, you could use all of those you can get.

As Sensuret would say: Try pledging the library.


[See...I TOLD you you'd be back. Just can't stay away, can you?]

The second moral of this story is:

Speak authoritatively on something and people will believe you, without even knowing your gender.

Seriously. A 3.3. high school GPA is nothing to brag about. It's not terrible, but it's not impressive by a long shot.

ETA: And as for it only showing up on your record for 6 months... that may not be quite as clear cut as you're making it out to be. First, you have to complete all of your court-ordered requirements by then. And second, you may still have to disclose it in the future on certain job apps, etc. especially if you're trying to get a security clearance or something of the sort. And I wouldn't count on it magically going away after 6 months. It's just not like everything will magically disappear once the six month mark hits - there may still be additional repurcussions.

Despite the OP's behavior...

AFAIK no sororities run actual background checks. However that doesn't mean no one will know about it. People talk, especially if this occurred on campus.

Were there sorority girls, fraternity guys, or friends of either in the bar when the arrest took place?

Were you the only one arrested?

Were you the only one sitting in jail?

Does the local newspaper print a "Police Blotter"?

Will you be the only one in court?

Will you have to do community service at some public location?

If a sorority finds out will it be cause to release you? No one here can say for sure, but it might. It will depend on the Chapter, GLO, and campus culture.

I am responding to the general question of running background checks on people. It is part of my job to deal with people who have had "background checks" based on name, social security numbers, etc.

Let me say this about validity.

Each state is different in what arrest records are released. In the State of Georgia, the only way to do a complete background check is when fingerprints are submitted. The requester can only get felony CONVICTION data without the person's consent. There is a specific form required to get the Georgia criminal history from a law enforcement agency. It does not include traffic and other non-fingerprintable arrest charges. Georgia does have a couple of programs where the arrest record is sealed but that doesn't apply to court records. Georgia doesn't have a rule an arrest charge will disappear automatically after X amount of time.

Just because a company like ChoicePoint, Lexis, CriminalHistoriesRUs, provide a criminal history doesn't mean that it is accurate. There are lots of people with similar names. Heck one time someone called because their last name and YEAR of birth were the same as the offender's.

Also, keep in mind that "3rd party vendor's" own employment application contains a statement that they are not responsible for errors!! What!! They are the ones collecting the info!!.

In Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the Sheriff's department posts all arrests, the mug shot and charges on the public website for 2 years. You (the public) must go to the county clerk in person to find out the results of the trial (conviction, aquittal), but the arrest stays public for two years.

I know you're not in Mecklenburg County, but we can't be the only county in the nation to have this type of website.

And don't forget, with many courts having online docketing systems, there's a lot of publicly available information out there. I can find out a lot about someone in Pennsylvania with very little effort and no money spent.

There is a difference between academic smarts and common sense smarts and unfortunately, not everyone possesses both.

　
　
　
I'm actually a regular poster, who many of you actually like, but today I've created an alias, because I'm disgusted by some of the responses of my fellow greekchat members to this question. Perhaps the poster's decisions that lead to her arrest weren't the smartest in hindsight, but I can name about 10 people I knew in the Greek system at my University who were arrested for the same thing. If your sisters were perfect angels, please raise your hand, because I would like to meet them.

When you make sarcastic, snotty remarks in response to the postings, you are representing your GLO, and frankly, some of you I would be more ashamed to call sisters than 50ccerfan. Take the high road, if you don't like 50ccerfan's postings, then don't respond. These boards are read by women who are considering joining our organizations, and you are doing nothing to break the stereotypes of greek women... snotty, sarcastic and full of yourselves.

50ccerfan, I wouldn't sweat this arrest. My husband is a deputized supervisor of a federal law enforcement agency, and he was arrested for the same thing when he was 20. Yes, it did come up on his application, and he was able to explain it. A requirement of his job is that he fly with a gun.

So 50ccerfan, if you are concerned that a GLO will exclude you because of this, I wouldn't sweat it too much, just don't bring it up unless asked. You've obviously learned from your mistake, and I wish you the best of luck.

As someone who does HR type work with usually not-so-upstanding citizens (and not-citizens) - I love that website.


And YAY for Sockpuppety Keyboard Courage. :rolleyes:

I love the response "calling you out." When I read the OP I thought there but by the grace of god. Of course, the fake ID I had didn't end up getting me in trouble, but I DID have one. And anyone here saying they never broke the law before joining a sorority, I don't buy it. Never had a beer once? Never took one hit off a joint? I know of a girl in high school who got arrested for public exposure (peeing in public while drunk... the cop allowed her to pick public exposure or underage drinking) and she spent 4 productive years in a sorority. I will bet you a dollar it never came up and wouldn't have mattered to the sorority anyway.

They won't look, there's no reason to mention it, and if it does come up and they do cut you because of it, c'est la vie. I still bet it wouldn't affect your options at EVERY house on campus even if somebody found out.