<p>I think he got something like a 24 in reading 35 in math and 22 in science..</p>
<p>Won't they realize that his scores are so lopsided that he had to have cheated? His first time he got a 23, and he got like a 1000 or 980 on his SAT.</p>
<p>It's really frustrating because now he thinks he's a genius and can go to any school he wants... (He went to my school for the "gifted" and had like a 2.5 freshman year than like a 2.7 sophomore year then left and got around a 3.3 at his other school for the rest of the year then like a 3.5 junior year...)</p>
<p>His classes have been basically a joke, and I know he's gotten a few Ds and retaken the class and gotten Bs or As so he thinks hes in the clear....</p>
<p>Sounds like you don’t really see him as a friend. But people like that usually get what’s coming to them, especially if he keeps running his mouth like that. I’d just stay out of it</p>
<p>I don’t think one high score will be enough to make up for the rest of his record. It sounds like his other qualifications (grades, courses chosen, probably even recommendations) will be mediocre at best. If he did cheat, I don’t see him benefitting much from it. If he is bragging about it, I suppose you could discuss it with your guidance counselor, but if he has been blabbing a lot, school personnel may already know.</p>
<p>How can you cheat unless you know the answers beforehand? Extra time? Copying answers from the very smart kid next seat over? For that they may have algorithms that’ll show a red flag.</p>
<p>^ You could cheat by sneaking in a ti-89 or another banned calculator, but this kid seems so stupid, he probably wouldn’t even know how to turn it on…</p>
<p>Yeah… I don’t really see how you can cheat on these kind of tests… I mean, I know a way you COULD, but it’s really hard and if you got caught you’d go to jail so… </p>
<p>Either way, I think Matok is right. If he did cheat, he’s in for a rough time. And also, it’s not like colleges are gonna be like OH MY GOD. THIS KID GOD A 35 IN MATH, ACCEPTED. His other scores are only okay, by no means exceptional for a top 20 school.</p>
<p>^I don’t think so. I remember when I took the ACT, most of my friends had the same test as me, and we were talking about what answer we got for #x.</p>
<p>all the ACTs are the same… I know for a fact he cheated it’s just frustrating. I mean I’m not jealous but I find it absurd how easy it is to cheat on.</p>
<p>When the ACT folks see the difference in scores they will flag his test for review. They will then compare his answers to those sitting around him and if there’s a statistical probability of cheating (too many of the same questions right and too many of the same ones wrong) his score will be withheld and he’ll be asked to retake. (That’s the way the CB does it for the SAT - happened to a co-workers kid - and I assume ACT is the same. They have to protect their golden goose.)</p>
<p>But as you only suspect this, you really can’t do anything about it. Him saying so might be so much bravado.</p>
<p>I feel like it’s much more frustrating when kids who do well in school cheat, because by cheating, they can actually compromise the chances of good, hard-working students. And btw, what school lets someone retake a course and get an A? Doesn’t he still have to keep his D? Hell, I’d retake every course I got an A- in if I could do that. All in all, he’s still an idiot with a bad GPA, ACT, SAT, etc. Wouldn’t get too vexed off at it. I’m still mad at a kid I heard about who was 1/32 Native American and wrote himself down as such and got accepted into good schools.</p>
<p>I’m not saying you are jealous, but I wouldn’t be jealous of someone who got 27. That’s not that good of a score, and frankly, he doesn’t sound smart or accomplished in any other areas either, so he should get off his high horse, and you should let it be. It’s not really your concern, unless you had to do with it.</p>