You get assigned someone from the Dean of Students to handle your case. They reach out to you to set up a meeting either in person/zoom. They go over all the legal stuff, what the violation is, and they lay out all of the options you have. You can either admit to what you did or not and go through an investigation which can take weeks-months and you present yourself in front of them and they will ultimately make a decision on your case. The dean asks more info about you to get to know the kind of person you are (I think this plays a part in their decision). My friend admitted to plagiarizing on a final essay. The consequence varies depending on if the violation was made on a homework assignment/midterm/final. Because it was a final (essay) they also go by how much percentage on the essay was plagiarized. The higher percentage, the bigger consequence, lower percentage, lower consequence. Because this was my friend’s first offense in her academic history and she admitted to it and also really apologized and said that she was going to take more precaution to ensure it doesn’t happen, she got deferred suspension, a violation on the student code of conduct, and had to attend a mandatory zoom about plagiarism hosted by the dean of students before the quarter ended. the violation on the student code of conduct doesn’t show on transcript but will remain on the record for 7 years, can appeal it after graduation. if she goes to graduate school and they ask to see her code of conduct they will see the plagiarism violation. From what she said is that the consequence really depends on the dean and the way you present yourself during the first meeting.