<p>I cheated on a midterm a couple days ago, and the guilt is getting too much for me to deal with, so I'm trying to muster up the courage to own up. </p>
<p>I know it's probably going to go on my permanent record, but I'm hoping they won't expel me because I'm turning myself in, despite the fact that I will probably never be caught for it otherwise. I also know that this will significantly reduce, if not eliminate, my chances of getting into med school here in Canada, my parents are going to be furious with me, and I'm going to have to move out + get a job (which I've never had before). </p>
<p>I'm wondering if this does completely annihilate my chances of becoming a doctor in Canada? I have a 3.98 GPA (up until this point, at any rate)...I volunteer at a couple places...and in my 2nd year of university.</p>
<p>Just don't own up...everybody cheats once in awhile. I don't think it's worth it, just don't do it again next time. Everyone has temporary lapses of judgment, not worth potentially ruining your future.</p>
<p>Don't do it dude...I feel the guilt of it too but to cope with it, just do some activities you'd enjoy doing to get it off your mind. It's one midterm that could screw up your life...Don't say a thing...The consequences outweigh the benefits...</p>
<p>Just bomb your next test on purpose. That will lower your grade in the course appropriately, and not ruin your future. It will also help appease your conscience to know that your cheating didn't get you anywhere. Take a letter grade lower than you wanted, and you'll feel better. Your GPA can weather it.</p>
<p>"Just bomb your next test on purpose. That will lower your grade in the course appropriately, and not ruin your future. It will also help appease your conscience to know that your cheating didn't get you anywhere. Take a letter grade lower than you wanted, and you'll feel better. Your GPA can weather it." </p>
<p>HA! What a dumb idea.</p>
<p>If ZBA isn't joking here, you need to live with it. Get over it. Life moves on bud. You're going to have to live with a lot more than one trivial test in high school. Why have things brings you down?</p>
<p>Well, perhaps if you had actually read his post, north_face, then you would be qualified to offer your opinion. But since you're so retarded you don't understand that university =/= high school, let's let me make up the ideas and you just try not to drool on your chin.</p>
<p>"You're going to have to live with a lot more than one trivial test in high school." <= you said it.</p>
<p>Now I feel that the balance of the universe has been restored.</p>
<p>So, in closing, to the OP, if it really bothers you (as well it should), then you should do something. Do whatever you want. If it were me, I'd confess. Do you really deserve to be trusted with a person's life if you can't be trusted to do the right thing for something as trivial as a silly midterm? Think about.</p>
<p>I seriously wouldn't give myself up.
It's not worth giving up your whole career.
Just don't do it again.
If you want, volunteer like a 50 hours without credit for it.
If you had spent 50 hours I'm sure you would have done great so it's kinda like making up for cheating.
Just don't do it again!!!</p>
<p>And don't give yourself up! Your giving up too much for one midterm! Do bad on another midterm so that you could get a bad grade that you might have gotten if you didn' cheat. It's kinda like making up for cheating.</p>
<p>I really just wanted to know what happens after I confess. I searched up admissions websites for a bunch of medical schools, and they don't say how they deal with people with records of academic misconduct.</p>
<p>I would suggest not turning yourself in. Everyone has cheated at least once in their life. If you feel bad about it, substitute something else with it, like the other posters have suggested. Volunteer, or bomb the next test. Contrary to what they teach you in pre-school, cheating once on a test does not make you a bad person. You simply succumbed to the pressure of doing well in the class. Next time, study harder and don't cheat. :)</p>
<p>Normally, would say the right thing to do is to confess, but here, it's quite sticky. You really seem to be remorseful for what you did and as a result I don't think you would do it again. Maybe the guilt will also help to prevent further incident. Either way, I'm not so sure that it's worth risking your entire future career over...</p>
<p>Well, I personally don't think you should confess to it. I mean, is it really worth jeopardizing your career over something so trivial? Just make it a personal goal to never cheat again and study hard from now on.</p>