<p>Hey guys, so what I did was really stupid. And thinking back, I don't even know why I did it when I clearly didn't need to cheat. Anyways, I cheated on my math quiz today. It wasn't cheating like copying answers or anything. But I entered in some definitions for things I didn't know into my graphing calculator. I was really tired and really didn't want to study. (This is my first time doing anything like this) On quiz day, the teacher caught me looking at the notes, and took away my quiz.
I'm a second semester senior and all the transcripts were sent to the schools already. I applied Regular decision to all my schools so I have not yet heard back from any of them. What I am really scared of right now is getting rescinded. If a college accepts me, then few months later when they see the second semester grade transcripts, will I get rescinded? I am not sure that this will be on my academic record, but using the worst case scenario, it probably will. (If anyone knows the answer to this, please post!) The teacher wrote up a referral and I think I will get contacted soon.
I have been doing a lot of self-reflecting and I fully accept whatever consequence that comes upon me. But for now, this combination of anxiety, nervousness, fear is eating me up. Any help or answers will be really appreciated! </p>
<p>So much depends upon whether your guidance counselor/school contacts your colleges with this update.</p>
<p>I’d sit down with someone from guidance and have a conversation about what happens, if it gets put on your record, reported to colleges, if you have an opportunity to explain yourself, appeal, etc. Depends on how your school handles it. Anything from you just getting a 0 on the quiz to colleges being informed are viable options. </p>
<p>Tell them you weren’t cheating, you were using your resources. You are allowed to have a calculator, so you should be able to use all of its capabilities. </p>
<p>^^That’s a really bad idea and is exactly the kind of attitude that will piss off the administration and cause them to update all the colleges with bad consequences for the OP. The OP is better off being humble and repentant.</p>
<p>Colleges take academic dishonesty very, very seriously. If your school reports it to the colleges you’d be best served by a very repentant, humble attitude. Please don’t try the “this is the first time I’ve ever done anything like this” approach. They are likely to hear “this is the first time I’ve ever been caught doing anything like this”.</p>
<p>Do not do what Mandalorian said; take the latter two recommendations. Talk to your guidance counselor; in fact, I would own up to the teacher and your school, fall upon the sword, admit, don’t make excuses at all; explain you have no idea why you did it. Teenagers make mistakes; but attitude and the willingness to admit mistakes is a big thing. You may find that if you do this, your school will help you by not notifying your colleges. If they do notify them, ask them to let you know if/when they do this. Does anyone here have experience with this? my gut instinct, if they notified the colleges, would be to proactively contact your geographic rep for each college and fall on the sword with them as well. But let’s see what others write – it may be that a high school can notify a college but it gets lost in the paperwork.</p>
<p>What is is your school district policy on cheating ? read that first. In most cases, this means loss of credit for the course you are taking but since this is a quiz maybe there is some leniency. Make sure to admit to your mistake to your teacher and other school authorities when called in for questioning. </p>