DT> S>DT> Not Necessarily......and if the kid wasn't interested in going 
DT> to
DT> MS>DT> college then this wouldn't matter anyway.  If he was 
DT> interested
DT> MS>DT> in  attending college I'm sure he could find *some* college 
DT> that
DT> MS>DT> would be  willing to take his tuition money.
DT> 
DT> MS>    He might find "some" college interested in his tuition, but it
DT> MS>would  definitely limit his possibilities if he was honest on his
DT> MS>application  (where most ask about arrests).
DT> 
DT> Heck, most kids grades limit their college choice 
DT> possibilities.....come 
DT> to think of it, finances play a more important role...
    Colleges and the government make up for financial limitations to some 
extent with scholarships, grants, and loans...but what college _helps_ kids 
with arrest records?
    Last year, some kid who had murdered her mother when she was an early 
teen got booted from one college for not disclosing it on her application.  
(She didn't mention it because it was juvenile court and supposedly she did 
not have to under law regarding employment.)  
DT> MS>DT>   The student would (likely) have a criminal record,
DT> 
DT> MS>DT> Which is usually wiped away if the kid doesn't repeat...
DT> 
DT> MS>    Only if the kid's a _juvenile_ (in most states, ends with 16th 
DT> MS>birthday).
DT> MS>    If he did it the day he turned 16, 
DT> 
DT> Statistically speaking, it's rather unlikely that a kid would offend
DT> on 
DT> his/her 16th birthday....they'd be too busy reading their cards 
    "Juvenile court" ends with your 16th birthday.
    Not just your 16th birthday, but _any_ day after, is adult court in most 
states.
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