<p>All these threads got me thinking..
The testing is actually pretty flawed!</p>
<p>Someone could just use their phone in the bathroom to look up vocab answers and then change them when the proctor isn't looking..? (Or leave a piece of paper with info on it and look at it in the bathroom?)</p>
<p>Then again.. most proctors (at least the one I had) required people to leave their phones in their car.. but come on, some cheaters go to great lengths..</p>
<p>What really astonished me was how different the ACT testing environment was than the SAT one. ACT was more strict.. SAT, my proctor just looked at her phone the entire time.. Is that common or is it just the proctor I had?</p>
<p>@CollegePanda96 It depends on the test proctor, the CB has set rules, buts the proctor most in force them. For my test, she was grading assignments, while we took the test, and we had to give our phones. </p>
<p>Yes, the testing is indeed flawed. What is even crazier than that is how CB seems not to care at all. It is as if they already established a reputation and don’t feel like living up to it anymore. Colleges are going to accept their scores anyway, regardless if there are reports of fraud or not. </p>
<p>I wonder how much these types of cheating actually help though. Sure, you can look up test answers on your phone and get back maybe two or so questions, but in the grade scheme of things what difference does this make? Obviously, I’m not condoning cheating, just wondering if there is too much hype about it.</p>
<p>Also the proctors that I’ve had were a lot more strict: randomly pacing around, watching the kids, collecting phones, ect. One kid just got caught in the October tests for flipping back to a previous section and changing his answers.</p>
<p>Yeah, but one-two questions is the difference between 760 and 800 on the math. (less for CR/English)
It might just be the proctor/environment you’re assigned to…</p>
<p>In an extreme case, someone on the west coast could go into use bathroom with a phone and check a bunch of answers on future sections from posters on the east coast. In some cases cheating might be inevitable, but a lot of these seem like could be easily prevented.</p>
<p>Definitely I agree. Although the students weren’t always committed to breaking the rules, the proctors sure are. Our proctor gave us three whole extra minutes on the essay just for the sake of it. </p>
<p>Just heard today about an SAT sitting in which two girls were caught cheating. All of the kids in that room are having their tests suspended for six weeks pending an investigation. Cheating hurts the innocent.</p>
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