<p>One person at my school was caught cheating on a small test is a class senior year. My high school sent letters of this to every college he applied to and his admission to Harvard and Yale were revoked. (So this is like a worst case scenario).</p>
<p>QuakerOats415, lol very funny. But more likely he's referring to "cheating in tests" not cheating in terms of relationship.</p>
<p>Phoenix, like everyone else said, I doubt they will ask you if you cheated before. Even if they do, its up to you to decide whether you considered your action "cheating", and whether you did deserve such a punishment. If you honestly gave your friend the hw just so he can pick up some ideas, with no intention for your work to be copied, then I would not consider that cheating. Follow what you believe not what others say. If the school calls you an elephant, and you clearly know your no elephant, tell the app who you really are.</p>
<p>Do not, under any circumstances, sign anything that indicates that you have cheated. At my school, teachers put enormous pressure on kids to sign a statement declaring that they have cheated, which they will then keep for an indefinite period of time, to be used on any occasion. Don't put anything in writing.</p>
<p>This is such an unfortunate thing. I've many times helped people out on things, and never thought such things really did happen. </p>
<p>Definitely contest it heavily...and I mean, if asked if you were ever cheating, I'd check no, but then I'd probably mention this somewhere in the additional information section if possible. I.e. "This was the situation..contact my school to verify that this is what it was, nothing more..."</p>
<p>As a parent, I can't help but think about what would I do if this happened to my children. Personally I totally understand how hard it can be to say "no" to your friend when they asked for your help. I don't think you should be penalized for your college application...but that's just me.</p>
<p>Most (all the ones I can think of) colleges will ask if you have ever been suspended or expelled from school. I know in the past that some counselors have advised attaching an additional letter to your application to further explain the circumstances/what you might have learned from the experience. My advice would be to make an appointment with your school's guidance or college counselor to discuss how this could impact your future. I know for a fact that UVA has a very strict honor code. I'm not sure how they view prior integrity violations, but having cheated/collaborated (this is how your school is reporting it, I'm not passing judgment) doesn't mean that you're a bad egg, or that your application will be automatically branded with "NO."</p>
<p>Phoenix1300: once i encountered a similar circumstance as yours, yet i circumvented my friend requirement for my work by saying i'v already submitted mine. And, we're still friends~~ ur saying that u cannot lie when asked by the college entrance committee exactly conveys ur integrity. clarify ur situation and u will be understood and excel~~~</p>
<p>LISTEN to me</p>
<p>If you friend is really a friend, you need to ask him to take the hit for you. </p>
<p>Ask him to tell him that he took (stole?) your assignment in some way WITHOUT your permission, and used it as a guide for himself. </p>
<p>Believe me, if you tell the admin this, your friend will get in trouble only not you.</p>
<p>Find a way to convey this and they cannot give you entire blame or any blame for that matter. Act as a victim, not a violator. I was caught in the same situation as you were, and my friend who copied me took the hit. He got the same consequence except I was the one who was free to go.</p>
<p>^nice .</p>
<p>The same thing happened to a friend of a co-workers child at Princeton. She allowed someone else to look at her work while she left for a music practice. . She was poor on scholarship -- they kicked her out. The guy who actually copied was rich. Nothing happened to him. Boo on Princeton.</p>
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I am a Junior and I was caught cheating on a mid-term exam. For my class, we had to do a program and I finished it early. My friend wanted to see how I did it, so I sent mine to him... Apparently ours were really similar therefore both of us got caught. I received a 3 day out of school suspension and a zero on the exam.</p>
<p>P.S. - I wasn't the one who cheated, it was my friend who copied my work... The admin said because I was involved, aware, and sent him my work, I am going to be punished
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<p>Let me get this straight: you did your own work, your "friend" asked to see it, ostensibly to get some idea of how to approach the task, and then he copied your work instead of doing his own? YOU did not cheat. Your "friend" cheated.</p>
<p>The fact that the administration gave the cheater the same punishment that they gave you simply astonishes me. It seems not to have occurred to you that your "friend" was going to copy your work. They should have been able to discern that.</p>
<p>Make sure that you do not sign anything that admits cheating, although you will probably have to go through the ritual mea culpa routine in order to satisfy them.</p>
<p>From now on, make sure you know what the rules are about working together, and don't share information on any kind of test, including take homes. You seem to be a trusting soul: realize that others are not.</p>
<p>The way to help a classmate with understanding how to approach a problem is to TEACH them, not give them one's own work. S1 encountered this on a frequent basis, as he was a very strong programmer and many kids came to him for help. He was very conscious that he could get burned by someone using his work, so he never gave out his code. In any event, his programming skills were sufficiently advanced that the teacher would have recognized it was his work. (And yes, they noticed that he helped people, but without sharing code.)</p>
<p>Even when he helps folks with math at his college, he shows how to attack problems on a white board. </p>
<p>This assumes that one's school will permit asking for assistance from others as part of the honor code.</p>
<p>Cheating is a serious violation of university rules and violation. I hope you have learnt your lesson. Some schools expel you for that.</p>
<p>Consolation - Does it still count as cheating even though on the rubric sheet the teacher handed out, it stated that we are not to help each other or discuss our programs?</p>
<p>"Let me get this straight: you did your own work, your "friend" asked to see it, ostensibly to get some idea of how to approach the task, and then he copied your work instead of doing his own? YOU did not cheat. Your "friend" cheated."</p>
<p>Makes sense to me that both cheated. Showing someone one's answers when you aren't supposed to share work is called "cheating". I agree that both deserved the same punishment.</p>
<p>If the teacher's rubric specifically said not to discuss your work, then, yeah, what OP did was cheating.</p>
<p>Yes, that last bit of infor paints a different picture. Be grateful if school does not report.</p>
<p>If the rubric said don't help or share your work, and you did, then yes, that's cheating.</p>
<p>Should I still sign a paper stating I cheated?</p>