<p>Can collegeboard accuse you of cheatig just b/c ur score wentup a lot? If so how many pts. would the increasehv to be. My sister took the sat in january 2011and got m:620 cr:520 wr:620. She is taking it again in october and expects m:760 Wr:740 Cr:680. Wud this get investigated? She has to know b/c she wants to apply early decision/action. If collegeboard wud investigate her scores, she wud miss the deadline. pls reply. thanks a lot</p>
<p>They definitely could. I’ve heard stories of it happening before.</p>
<p>Although the College Board possesses the ability to investigate any score, they typically do not unless they suspect dishonesty. Many students who take the SAT for the first time score significantly lower than their subsequent tests. Thus, the College Board is not likely to investigate scores that jump substantially.</p>
<p>They can accuse you all they want, but they won’t find you guilty (so to speak) unless they have hard evidence against you.</p>
<p>D took the ACT and went from a 19 on English to a 35. After getting her 2nd score I was shocked that nothing was questioned. I know the reason for her tremendous jump in score but ACT didn’t know and never questioned it. (I had gotten a call from her during the test–I assume during a break–and she told me that she had intense cramps and couldn’t concentrate on a thing.) We chose not to cancel, but I am very surprised that there was no follow up. Her other scores–except math–all went up a lot on the re-take, too.</p>
<p>As for the scenario that you describe, if in fact your D’s scores do go up as you describe, I doubt it would be questioned unless there is reason for College Board to be suspicious on the day of the test.</p>
<p>They can and they do accuse students based only on their score increase. Unfortunately I’ve had to deal with this several times with students that I have tutored. If you think that your score is going to go up a suspicious amount, then I have the following suggestions:</p>
<p>1) Show as much work as possible in your answer booklet.
2) Try not to have too many erasures.</p>
<p>Even though the above things are not supposed to be looked at, they have been used against students in arbitration hearings.</p>
<p>A student can be “convicted” of cheating with ONLY circumstantial evidence.</p>
<p>So how many points does CB usually flag? Is it 400+ or 500+?</p>
<p>@DrSteve WOW! So lke what happens to most of them? Are they found guilty or what?</p>
<p>Zombie, in my dealings all have been found not guilty. There is one active case still for a student I had for ACT prep a few years ago. I already testified at the arbitration hearing, and I’m still waiting to hear the verdict. </p>
<p>A colleague of mine had one student that lost a case many years ago. My colleague strongly believed him to be innocent and testified in the hearing, but the arbitrators still ruled that the student had cheated.</p>
<p>The student that is currently pending has already been in college 2 years, and stands to lose her scholarship retroactively if she is found guilty. The case is 100% circumstantial. It was opened because of her improvement from her previous ACT (which was before she took a prep course).</p>