<p>A classmate saw me cheating during a test and reported the incident to a teacher. My teacher has warned me, but she has also assured me that she will not contact the guidance department or the head of the department/principal because it is my first offense.
I'm still a junior, and this may be my paranoia, but is it eventually possible for the classmate to contact directly the colleges to which I will apply and report the incident? Hypothetically, while I'm applying to colleges, would they take this classmate seriously and discard my app? If I got into my college ED, and then the classmate told the college, would they rescind my acceptance?</p>
<p>I've never cheated before and have never been in ANY trouble at my school. Basically, what kind of action could my college take, both while applying and after acceptance?
Also, the classmate and I have had a long-standing academic rivalry, so the classmate has a reason to tell the college either before or after acceptance.</p>
<p>Tell your classmate to go back to the 2nd grade. Everyone cheats or has at least cheated in one way or another in their life. Especially since it was your first, I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>
<p>Quite fortunately for you, the teacher chose not to report it. Thus it will simply be heresay that the college will ignore as unsubstantiated.</p>
<p>You might want to keep where you are applying close to your vest even when talking with friends. Sadly, interest in a college helps promote the school but as schools take limited number of kids from each school, promoting how much you like them may work against you. </p>
<p>You can believe that this other person has told adults and your peers so word as gotten around town to a greater degree than perhaps you can possibly believe. So, you have damaged your reputation. At the end of the day that’s all you really have - your credibility. And while you will recover from this, other things you will never be able to recover from. Nobody is perfect, but take this as a lucky lesson and learn from this.</p>
<p>Exactly. Cheating on one test is definitely enough to warrant the entire town caring about your moral principles. You’re lucky you got off with a warning.</p>
<p>^ I don’t think I know a person who has not cheated ONCE in there life. Even if it was when they were young, everyone I know has cheated once. Hmm, maybe it is the people I hang with, but then again, most of them are in the top 10 percent, so… Oh well.</p>
<p>Definitely take ctyankee’s advice and keep your schools within the family (if possible, tell your parents not to talk to other adults about where you’ve applied). </p>
<p>thanks everyone! I will definitely keep my college list quiet…and as for the whole incident, I truly do regret it, but I’m just thankful to my teacher.
Senior0991, thanks for the article–it’s made me feel a little bit better about the whole thing.</p>
<p>Haha that kid should have been looking at his own paper!
But yep, keep quiet about your colleges and no one will know (except you three, unless that snitcher tells others, but that’s kind of social suicide, mostly everyone will be annoyed that that snitcher snitched in the first place).
Also, work hard and don’t get caught again lol! Especially by that teacher :]</p>
<p>Call me unethical, but I think that’s tattle tale. In my opinion, if no one is being harmed, it’s tattle-taling. Call me unethical. If a cheater is cheating only rarely, whatever. If he or she is always cheating, eventually, he or she will probably face some consequences. I say, let i be.</p>
<p>I agree with ctyankee…tell nobody outside your family and explain to them why they can’t talk about it. They can say they have no clue where you’re applying. </p>
<p>Be sure to ask your gc and teacher recs to keep it secret too…and if your school has a posting board where students post the names of colleges where they’re admitted, you should avoid that too. From what you describe, this kid (what a loser) could contact your colleges even after you’re admitted to try to have them rescind your offer of admission. </p>
<p>So, if someone fails a course, that gets reported yet someone that is caught with enough heroin to pass ‘intent to sell’ laws is not reported or confirmed. Interesting policy.</p>
<p>I talked to my teacher today, so none of this will even be reported, thankfully!
But what do you think about rescinded acceptances? Next year, if I hypothetically get into College XYZ, do you think I could get rescinded from that college if the classmate sends a letter to XYZ’s admissions, informing them of this incident? If the college asks my school, they will have no record (or even knowledge) of it, but if XYZ contacts me directly about the incident, I can’t exactly lie…</p>
<p>I highly doubt that colleges will listen to another high school student. Teachers and administrators – but a high schooler out of the blue? I don’t think so.</p>
<p>You should be aware, however, that teachers talk. I’m sure that all teachers know to look out for you, so do not, under any circumstances, be tempted to cheat again. You won’t be as lucky next time.</p>
<p>iv never cheated, simply because im scared to!..im sure i would if i didnt have such a huge fear of getting caught…</p>
<p>really though, dont worry about it. u did it once and now u know not to do it again. Dont think negative, and yeah as someone earlier said dont go about telling to many people where you will be applying to </p>