felony college?

Question

i have a felony for robbery i am now 21 and a freshman in college i feel like giving up school because i think with a degree i still wont find a good job with a felony am i right to think this

Answer 1

Hi, it's me again. Stop worrying! Check out this guy. He's a University Professor, ex-convict, drug felon. He has a whole gang of Professor friends that are all ex-convicts! I think he said 36 of them here in the U.S. I was lucky to go see him lecture last spring when our college flew him in to lecture to the sociology class. He has published 2 books, and is working on a 3rd.
Don't let your cloudy past ruin your chances at a future. Rise above! : )

I think it's University of Wisconsin....

http://www.uwosh.edu/public_affairs/documents/CJ358FALL2005.doc

Answer 2

These people can give you as many answers as they like. If you want an answer from someone who has a felony background and a dual degree in Nursing and Psychology, I will tell you I committed a class C felony in 1978 and have never had it expunged. I have been in my feild of study for 10 years now and never answered the question...Do you have a felony within the last 7 years? They have no right to ask you that unless you are applying for a job that directly relates to the type of felony that you had. If they do...feel free to answer no, with no repercussion.
What I do find hilarious though..... is that with the homeland security in effect. Its easier to get stopped and questioned about an expired license than it is a felony. Here is my advice... study hard...because once you are making enough money, the rules dont apply to you anymore in America. A perfect example is OJ, who should be in prison right now had he not had the money to get out of trouble. Money makes the world go round.
Good luck,
john

Answer 3

By the time you finish college, the conviction will already be a few years old. That will help. Be prepared to talk to employers about how you understand that you did something wrong and explain what you learned from it. Being honest and being able to talk about what you've done with your life since then and what you learned won't get you any job you want, but it will help. It will also help that you were really young when this happened and can talk about how bad you judgement was then and isn't now. Everybody did something they're not proud of when they were young. Of course you want to get it expunged, if you can, but a lot of how people react will depend on how you spin the story.

It does depend on what career you want to go into, but most employers will not care after a while. You will not be explaining this to prospective employers 25 years from now, and if you do you'll be able to laugh about how you did the same thing many other kids did, but got caught and had to learn about consequences FAST. You'll have your education and years of solid work history to balance it out.

Good luck!

Answer 4

you are right to think this, but you as a person, an individual who needs to live just like the next person needs to be truthful about the situation. employers like when someone is truthful about their backround. You may come across the person in interview who has been in the same situation. You wll never know until you try, plus you have four of school to you can get record exsponge after 7 years. Just do research on the job that your going to apply to. Tell the interviewer the truth about your felony situation but stay on track with what company is looking for in an candidate.

Answer 5

turns out lots of companies don't even bother to do a criminal check...especially if you have a degree. Why would they spend the money?...you have a degree. What are the odds that a person with a degree would have a felony?

Answer 6

kind of . Wow, that's very young to have a felony and robbery charges. I was kind of in the same spot, but I just had a misdeminor. Anyway, maybe it depends on the degree of the crime (as I've heard).

Answer 7

Your chances of landing a good job with a felony and a degree are better than they are with a felony and no degree.

Answer 8

Well, it really depends on what you did. It also depends on what field you plan on entering. If you plan on working with children, criminal, or financial institutes, you may have a problem. Hopefully a lot future employees will be forgiving, since it happened when you were young. My advice would be to stay out of trouble and maybe do some volunteering to show that you are now a good citizen and trying to better yourself.

Answer 9

It depends on your intended field. Probably not a good idea to plan on becoming a teacher or FBI agent or the president, but there are fields that do hire people with a criminal record... Business, for example...

Answer 10

it is going to be really hard to find a job...if you have the patience, keep up with school, and maybe you'll be able to get a job. it wont be extremely good, but better than working for minimum wage at mcdonalds...good luck.