<p>Hello, I'm the junior in high school and i want to be an engineer in the futureand today i took my first SAT.</p>
<p>I finished the section i was currently doing pretty quick but i still had a math question in
head head from the last section. Since we only had 3 minutes in the section i went back to the previous section to figure out the problem. Well as i was doing the problem my proctor came to me and took my tests. </p>
<p>After she told everyone to go to break she told me to leave and that not only will my score be invalid but also she said that it will say in my permanent record that i cheated and it will be in my colllege.</p>
<p>So my quesiton is, am i screwed to be accepted in a good college? What can i do? :(</p>
<p>what an awful proctor!</p>
<p>But seriously why did you do that? You knew that it is NOT allowed.</p>
<p>is there anything i can do?</p>
<p>That, really, sucks. </p>
<p>I was talking to a Brown Adcom, and he told me that seeing something like that almost always invalidates an application because it questions the validity of any other test score that you have/may have in the future. This doesn’t include just standardized testing, but also school grades etc. </p>
<p>That really sucks, you need to be very discrete about these things. Good luck!</p>
<p>it was the free response math questions and i knew that it was bad, but gaaah i just couldnt stop thinking about the question cause it was hard and i tend to try to figure out hard problems</p>
<p>your screwed dude. i feel bad.</p>
<p>Hahaha serves you right… I don’t feel bad for u at all</p>
<p>I’ve had stright As all my high school year and all in honors calsses. So now since i got caught in the SAT should i just give up in high school?</p>
<p>Your proctor sounds like a rhymes-with-ditch</p>
<p>why would you cheat</p>
<p>No you should not just stop trying in high school. Nothing bad happens if you try hard. After you graduate go to a community college, but still try to apply to all of your schools. Then transfer to a state school, continue to work hard, and be successful. Learn your lesson and don’t cheat again.</p>
<p>I can not believe you did what you did, but…you did. I am going to ask what may seem like a silly question? Assuming you do not want to attend a school that requires an SAT subject test, if you take only ACT’s from now on, and follow the rules, can you not avoid having SAT reported to schools you will apply to? </p>
<p>I am aware of a student that didn’t do well on the SAT, took an ACT, and realized that was his best option. He never took an SAT again, but in this case he did take three subject tests so of course the SAT showed. It just wasn’t counted.</p>
<p>This may be your college admission essay–dealing with years of work–making a major mistake–and how you have learned from it. I have no idea how that would play. It is only a thought.</p>
<p>Take the ACT and do not submit SATs. Painful lesson, but it’s one mistake. Let it go and focus on the ACTs. I don’t think your high school can report anything about the SATs without your permission.</p>
<p>What you did is wrong, however, don’t give up. Perhaps you’ll be able to explain it on the common ap. We are all human and sometimes make mistakes.</p>
<p>I’m not exactly sure why you would do this, but you KNEW it wasn’t allowed.
Sorry haha theres nothing you can do.</p>
<p>I know i feel bad for doing it and i wished i could of just ignored the temptations of trying to figure it out. So is there any other options i can take, since i just ruined my future cause of one question?</p>
<p>did they call you, or the proctor told you during the test?</p>
<p>since the sections was almost over she just waited and talked to me when everyone was outside</p>
<p>Ok wow, people are really blowing this up…
“After you graduate go to a community college” Why would you even say that??? He said he gets straight A’s. </p>
<p>I doubt going back to answer a problem will jeopardize your entire future. People do it all the time, SWIM did it for a couple CR questions, no biggy. </p>
<p>Do well on your next one, and explain on your Common App, that
“it was my incessant thirst and voracious appetite for knowledge which strayed me from the path of righteousness - because of my unbridled curiosity, I ignored objective consequences, and so wantonly bestowed on myself a label which scars my academic record, and the image of what I can truly accomplish”</p>
<p>You can use that free of charge, bud</p>
<p>Smart idea LaurenTheMom. Lesson learned.</p>
<p>Problem is- engineer hopefuls need to take SAT2s…</p>