Character fitness

mcglz_64

About a year ago (a bit longer) I got fired from my second job out of college. Is worked at this job for 3 months then got terminated. Does anyone have helpful advice on how to acknowledge this on a CF essay? Or links to examples?

mcglz_64

My first job out of college was held for about 1.5 years and I've been at my current job for about a year now

stepharizona

Best thing you can do is be honest about what happened, take responsibility and share what it taught you.

TheAnxious0L

C&F is confusing to me...do I need to include parking tickets? I've heard so many different things. It seems a bit excessive to include....

LSATcantwin

@"Idil.Beshir" said:
C&F is confusing to me...do I need to include parking tickets? I've heard so many different things. It seems a bit excessive to include....

lol I'm in the same boat. I had a minor infraction, but included it anyway. I also was put on an "automatic academic probation" for bad grades, but I included that as well.

TheAnxious0L

@LSATcantwin said:

@"Idil.Beshir" said:
C&F is confusing to me...do I need to include parking tickets? I've heard so many different things. It seems a bit excessive to include....

lol I'm in the same boat. I had a minor infraction, but included it anyway. I also was put on an "automatic academic probation" for bad grades, but I included that as well.

I've gotten one speeding ticket in my life lol, and that's it. Not sure how that's relevant, but I guess I'll just play it safe and include it lol. So weird.

Alex

@"Idil.Beshir" said:

@LSATcantwin said:

@"Idil.Beshir" said:
C&F is confusing to me...do I need to include parking tickets? I've heard so many different things. It seems a bit excessive to include....

lol I'm in the same boat. I had a minor infraction, but included it anyway. I also was put on an "automatic academic probation" for bad grades, but I included that as well.

I've gotten one speeding ticket in my life lol, and that's it. Not sure how that's relevant, but I guess I'll just play it safe and include it lol. So weird.

The ticket itself (speeding) isn'r relevant per se, but they collect all infractions, minor and major, for purposes of C&F for the Bar. There's a big difference between a speeding ticket for going 42 in a 35 and driving drunk doing 110 on the highway... haha

mcglz_64

Are these meant to be like essays? What if I have two things I want to acknowledge? lsatcantwin did you include both of those things in the same document?

LSATcantwin

@"Alex Divine" said:

@"Idil.Beshir" said:

@LSATcantwin said:

@"Idil.Beshir" said:
C&F is confusing to me...do I need to include parking tickets? I've heard so many different things. It seems a bit excessive to include....

lol I'm in the same boat. I had a minor infraction, but included it anyway. I also was put on an "automatic academic probation" for bad grades, but I included that as well.

I've gotten one speeding ticket in my life lol, and that's it. Not sure how that's relevant, but I guess I'll just play it safe and include it lol. So weird.

The ticket itself (speeding) isn'r relevant per se, but they collect all infractions, minor and major, for purposes of C&F for the Bar. There's a big difference between a speeding ticket for going 42 in a 35 and driving drunk doing 110 on the highway... haha

Or changing a song on your I-Phone while driving. To this day I swear that cop had freaking eagle vision. I'm still not sure how he saw me click to the next song....damn hands free device law!

TheAnxious0L

@LSATcantwin said:
Or changing a song on your I-Phone while driving. To this day I swear that cop had freaking eagle vision. I'm still not sure how he saw me click to the next song....damn hands free device law!

I swear they'll pull anyone over for looking down while driving, and say they were texting!

Alex

@LSATcantwin said:

@"Alex Divine" said:

@"Idil.Beshir" said:

@LSATcantwin said:

@"Idil.Beshir" said:
C&F is confusing to me...do I need to include parking tickets? I've heard so many different things. It seems a bit excessive to include....

lol I'm in the same boat. I had a minor infraction, but included it anyway. I also was put on an "automatic academic probation" for bad grades, but I included that as well.

I've gotten one speeding ticket in my life lol, and that's it. Not sure how that's relevant, but I guess I'll just play it safe and include it lol. So weird.

The ticket itself (speeding) isn'r relevant per se, but they collect all infractions, minor and major, for purposes of C&F for the Bar. There's a big difference between a speeding ticket for going 42 in a 35 and driving drunk doing 110 on the highway... haha

Or changing a song on your I-Phone while driving. To this day I swear that cop had freaking eagle vision. I'm still not sure how he saw me click to the next song....damn hands free device law!

You're done for dude!! A friend of mine had a similar charge and when he applied for the C&F portion of the bar, they took him into custody, and he is now serving 3-5 on Rikers Island.

Alex

@"Idil.Beshir" said:

@LSATcantwin said:
Or changing a song on your I-Phone while driving. To this day I swear that cop had freaking eagle vision. I'm still not sure how he saw me click to the next song....damn hands free device law!

I swear they'll pull anyone over for looking down while driving, and say they were texting!

I have like 3 speeding tickets and 2 seatbelt tickets.... Goodbye HYS

10000019

@mcglz_64 said:
Are these meant to be like essays? What if I have two things I want to acknowledge? lsatcantwin did you include both of those things in the same document?

Depends on the circumstance. For minor issues, they should be short.

LSATcantwin

@mcglz_64 said:
Are these meant to be like essays? What if I have two things I want to acknowledge? lsatcantwin did you include both of those things in the same document?

I had a long one for the academic probation because it's so silly I want to make sure they know it is silly.

Some applications I didn't include the ticket at all because they said something like "other than minor traffic violations".

The ones I did include the ticket on, it was short and said something like "Yep, I got a ticket, I'm human, I'm sorry" ------- except of course without the attitude but the general concept was that.

username

Each application is very specific on what they ask you to include. Some say literally everything, others say, criminal offenses and traffic issues from reckless driving and up only.

Everyone gets fired occasionally. Tell them you got fired and why, if they ask. I assume they just want to know if it was over excessively bad judgement, etc.

westcoastbestcoast

I didn't think getting fired was a character issue? I thought it was over academic issues (like cheating) or crimes/being under investigation?

Leah M B

Every app is different on the minor traffic problems. Some do say "excluding minor traffic violations" and some want everything (University of Washington specifically wants any traffic violations whatsoever included). I have one ticket that was dismissed after a deferred judgment and I've heard even that has to be included if a school wants to know about any traffic violations. Ugh. Because they ask for "citations" not necessarily convictions.

7sage's admissions course is a great value for $10 and has examples and info on how to write them: https://7sage.com/admissions/enroll/

But the basics are that you want to be honest and straight forward, address exactly what happened, and maybe say what you learned from it.