Has anyone noticed how much discussion of specific questions is going on in the SAT forums the minute the tests are over, regardless of what time zone the testers are in, and in spite of the fact that they signed something when they take the test saying they won’t share any info until CollegeBoard eventually publishes the test? Even when it is pointed out, they just say it is anonymous here and they know they won’t get caught. I sure don’t feel like helping them with admissions questions later…
I noticed it yesterday morning. Reported a couple of posts and then noticed that there were pages and pages of posts discussing questions and answers. They were all posted 1 am and later.
It looks like the early Sunday morning posts have been mostly cleaned up. But, they’re still at it.
Saturday was D16’s first SAT. She has done the ACT twice, so I usually am checking that forum and was familiar with the “no discussing specific questions” rule. When I saw the huge number posts on the SAT forum that where discussing specific questions, I thought that maybe the SAT didn’t have that rule.
Having never looked at those forums here, do the mods post a warning about it? Another law school forum in which I participate makes it clear that LSAT details are not to be discussed and if they are, the member is banned.
It is posted. On a side note, also noting numerous " I was accused of cheating. All I did was go back and check my answers, darken my bubbles, etc. " posts. Do they not review the rules prior to the beginning of the test? If so, why are people continuing to do things they have been warned about?
There is a warning posted at the top of the overall testing forum, but I think no attempt to deter except for that. I posted links to that warning on all the threads, but lots of them kept right on going… with comments that they think they won’t get caught, so why not?
Is there no way for the mods to delete those posts?
I hope you’re not saying that that is what you perceive the problem to be. Regardless, discussion of moderators and/or their actions is not allowed here.
According to this, ACT is monitoring the ACT prep forum: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18790596/#Comment_18790596
Perhaps College Board should be alerted to monitor the SAT forum?
The internationals are brazen. Look at what this (Vietnamese, I think) student has to say about not discussing SAT questions. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18844608/#Comment_18844608
Don’t forget, the College Board reuses exams for international tests. One can’t help wonder why they don’t just stop reusing exams.
I meant that this guy was brazen in threatening to take CC down with him/her if called to task. (“Besides, we can always point to the rest of CC and drag them down with us, US included.”)
Should College Board have a test for every time zone? That is where that logic takes us, and I don’t agree with it. They should have to find a corner of the dark web to do this, not on CC.
It would require a moderator to be on-call 24/7 to stop the discussion of questions. I actually tried to do that myself one time, but it was an impossible task. New people kept registering! Banning them did no good.
Might be hard technically… But could shut down those forums for a two week window starting on the day of the test. Or we could pin a list of violators who kept it up after warning. I for one would be happy to not provide any additional CC help to those posters.
I went farther than giving an initial warning - I banned new posters on sight. It was still an impossible job.
It seems the only solution is to shut down the forum for some appropriate period around each test. Surely that can’t be too burdensome for the site to manage.
Why put the responsibility on CC?? I don’t condone “cheating” (I put the word in quotes because apparently cheating is defined by the test makers) but why isn’t the onus on the test makers to come up with different tests in different timezones or offer the test only at the same time globally or come up with their own solution given the changes in global communications rather than creating an unenforceable rule?
That’s the website’s position. We put up a clear notice that answers that aren’t to be discussed. If kids want to ignore that, they do so at their own risk. It’s not fair to other users to shut down an entire forum every time there’s a US or international test date.