DUI affecting college apps?
I'm grateful that there is a sub reddit that is made for what is the worst mistake of my life. I was arrested 3 days ago on sunday night and bailed out monday morning but i'm facing dui with injuries because I crashed into a car and My passenger busted his lip and chipped his tooth. Luckily for whatever reason the car i crashed into didn't even stop for a second after I hit him and just took off so nothing came from that end. I was arrested by highway patrol because when they arrived to the scene of the crash they could smell the alcohol on me and suspected it. I blew over the limit here in Cali and was arrested. I'm already looking into attorney options just because the chance of me getting a felony is very plausible because of my friends injury. I'm also aware of the 10 day period of requesting a DMV hearing to keep my license from being suspended so I am going to decide on one later today.
Honestly I would have stayed in jail but I am coming to the end of my semester and need to study for my final this Friday which I'm doing along side writing this post. I have a few questions to those who were also students or are students and have DUI's or going through the process of one. I'm graduating from community college and was planning to apply for universities, I missed the deadline to apply for this upcoming fall semester and have to wait for the application window to apply for next years fall semester.
I'm concerned on how my DUI will impact my ability to be accepted into a university if I apply. To be completely honest I'm not really sure how the whole legal process works for being charged with a DUI but I'm assuming after my court appearances they will put it on my record. I just wanted to know if there were any others who were in a similar position and how did you navigate it? Just like many others who come to this subreddit I feel very confused and that I'm getting conflicting information form many different sources. I'd guess that having a DUI on record doesn't affect getting into university as much as it would getting a job.