Falsely Accused of Cheating Possibility?

Test Preparation
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<p>I got a 27 during Feb without studying and it was pretty depressing. I studied this whole summer for the ACT and believe that I can get at least a 33. Is it possible that the ACT company will accuse me of cheating because I have seen many posts about people complaining that they had been falsely accused? How common is this? </p>

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<p>first of all, i don’t understand how you know you got at LEAST a 33 O_o. </p>

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<p>thats completely irrelevant^</p>

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<p>@ohGODplease‌ - maybe you should worry about this when you, like, actually get a 33. You’re just counting your chickens before they’re born, and it’s pretty silly to. Anyway, the SAT is the one notorious for checking up suspicious score increases. I wouldn’t worry about it, especially since you haven’t taken it yet…</p>

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<p>I have been taking several practice tests averaging 33s and used my whole summer studying for the act.</p>

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<p>So come when you’ve actually got that 33+. Until then, you’ve got nothing to worry about.</p>

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<p>I don’t know why they would suspect you of cheating. The point of standardized tests is for you to study and get better the second time around.</p>

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Uh, no. Studying for standardized tests is a relatively recent phenomenon. </p>

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<p>It’s highly unlikely that you’ll be accused of cheating. They would need a better reason than your score going up quite a bit. </p>

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<p>Unfortunately you can be accused of cheating based on your score increase alone. I have already given detailed comments on this in this forum, and I have written an article on this subject. You should be able to find my comments with a search.</p>

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<p>While you can be accused of cheating, I doubt a jump from a 27 to 33 will merit an inspection. </p>

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<p>“While you can be accused of cheating, I doubt a jump from a 27 to 33 will merit an inspection.”</p>

<p>Exactly. A 27 is a decent score and a 33 is a good one. Not that hard to believe that someone would improve by 6 points. If you went from an 18 to a 35, then they may start looking into you</p>

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<p>Honestly there is no point of worrying about this. Take the test, do as well as you can and hopefully you improve as much as you anticipate. However, you have no way to control the accusations of the ACT so there’s no point in stressing, especially before you even get scores back.</p>

<p>IMO though, a 6 point difference is probably not enough to warrant an investigation especially considering the circumstances: you did well the first time around, and there was ample opportunity over the last 7 months for you to prep and improve.</p>