<p>Recently, it was reported that a student in my school may have cheated on the AP Government & Politics exam and even on the AP Computer Science A exam. This student is in my grade and I have known her to be somewhat of a pathological liar and to have gotten away with cheating on many occasions on tests/homework, as witnessed by me personally and testimony from peers and classmates. The investigation at our school is apparently being dropped because this student's parent is threatening the school on the grounds that this would ruin her "good name" which is complete b.s. I really think this is unfair to all the people who worked hard and took these AP exams honestly, and how does it look if a person cheats on an AP exam(s) and then gets away with no consequence whatsoever. Does anyone think it is fair for me to email Collegeboard/ETS about this infraction because it really infuriates me to see this student get away with things time after time. I believe this student should be severely disciplined and I believe that colleges should know of someone with these attributes. Please reply on your thoughts because I have prepared an anonymous email of these events to Collegeboard's Office of Testing Integrity and deciding whether to send it or not.
Thanks for suggestions.</p>
<p>What do you mean by cheating? What kind of cheating? Was he copying?</p>
<p>like taking in a cheat sheet with terms and stuff into the exam</p>
<p>don't send it...none of ur business - if she wrongfully passes out of college classes, she will suffer eventually anyway</p>
<p>Lol. I understand your feelings...you're angry and all. Do you really want to send it? :P If you do, no one can stop you. But if it were me, I guess I'd draft the letter but in the end never send it...</p>
<p>Your input is not needed. All you would be doing is contributing to her failure. She is going to hit bottom sooner or later; is it your job to catalyze?</p>
<p>Re-read your first sentence. </p>
<p>"Recently, it was reported that a student in my school **may **have cheated on the AP Government & Politics exam and even on the AP Computer Science A exam."</p>
<p>Let the administration at your school sort it out. They have the facts. You don't.</p>
<p>I agree with sabaray.. the officials will know how to handle the situation. If you "hand him/her in" it might become a sticky situation for you...</p>
<p>As much as this may **** you off, I think only the school has the right to do something about it. :(</p>
<p>Unless you know for certain that the person cheated, you shouldn't write to Collegeboard. If you do know, I suggest writing to the school instead and if that doesn't work, then perhaps you should write to a higher authority than your school to report your school since your SCHOOL is in the wrong here for not punishing the student.</p>
<p>I think it's worse that the school isn't doing anything about the student rather than the action the student took. At least the student will not succeed in the long-run. Let her deal with that.</p>
<p>There may be things you don't know about this situation. For example, if this student cheated & it was another student who saw it ... but that student did not report it at the time & no proctor saw it ... then this becomes a sticky situation. If a proctor should have seen it & did not ... that is also a problem (for your school). If a proctor DID see it & the school is NOT doing anything about it, then this is a travesty. However, the bottom line is, there isn't much you can do to take care of it. Unfortunately, many times in life cheaters succeed. I would really like to tell you that they always pay, but that is not the case. Many times they do pay, though, and this girl will most certainly find herself paying in college if she truly is a cheater. She will probably be in over her head, and cheating is harder to do (not impossible, though) in college. This is one of those "life isn't fair" times ... there isn't much you can do.</p>
<p>If I were you, I wouldn't write to the college board. First I'd write to the school, asking why they stopped and that you will tell the college board if they don't investigate. Definetly tell the collegeboard the truth, though, if you send a letter to them after you've talked to the school. Tell them that you heard that she did, but not saw her cheat, and that the school SUSPECTS that she cheated.</p>
<p>here’s a little update…the student was expelled from school and had to go to a local public high school for her senior year. Someone just ran into her (a year later) and guess what, she is going to Stanford!!! Supposedly she wrote his essay on cheating and how it changed her life and they let her in…Any lessons here?</p>
<p>So, a pathological liar told you she is going to Stanford? </p>
<p>Did she also tell you that she didn’t do anything that warranted her expulsion?</p>
<p>Consider the source.</p>
<p>it’s none of your business honestly
and you writing to collegeboard can really only hurt your school and its students
the test’s integrity might be jeopardized and do you really want to have your fellow students retake a test because of you?
honestly, you’re just acting on emotions so chill out
you have to realize that your actions can create HUGE problems and not everything will turn out to be perfect in the end
you can talk to the school admin but sending a letter to collegeboard is a BAD idea</p>
<p>i was thinking the same thing! but then her mom told some collegues the same thing, so who knows. Surely they know we will find out if they are lying.</p>
<p>Wow, I just read the whole thread. It’s unbelievable. Well if all of this is true, she won’t be at Stanford very long. He he.</p>
<p>Lol, I would have definitely reported her against what everyone else says - especially since you dont like this girl so much. If she did cheat, then there’s nothing to feel bad about. No karma on your shoulders.</p>
<p>I also wouldn’t have told College Board though, it settled it self out on it’s own. It wasn’t your place to tell on her, :)</p>
<p>Seriously? Grow up. It’s none of your business to trifle with what the administration should deal with. Do you think it’s possible someone just started a petty rumor about this girl? You really should consider what you hear and who you hear it from. If she did it, the administration and CB will deal with it accordingly.</p>