<p>For everyone who asked WHY I did not cover my answers:</p>
<p>I heard them snickering at the end of the MC and thought they were coping but couldn't be sure. Either way, I had left around 5 answers blank so I never stopped working. I used those last minutes to concentrate on trying to figure out the last 5 questions I had. I didn't want to waste my waste trying to cover up my paper + concentrating on 5 questions during the last minutes of the test. </p>
<p>Even so, if I had covered my paper, no difference would have been made. Either I figured a way to make my arm cover all 3 columns of the answer sheet, or I somehow covered it with the test itself. The truth is, I was super concentrated. The last thing I needed was to lose time trying to figure out a way in which the cheater wouldn't see my answers. (We were 17 kids packed in a room that was approximately 10 x 8 ft, the science teachers at my school said the test should be invalidated based on testing conditions alone as conditions were ripe for cheating)</p>
<p>Finally, I became aware that he copied my ENTIRE MC after the test when my friend (who was sitting at the back) confirmed my suspicions and told me everything that happened. (How he slept through the test, copied all my answers at the end while I was still working and didn't have time to cover them, and how he lifted up his paper so that the kid next to him could see it)</p>
<p>Another kid, (someone who was not taking the test but was outside the testing room) asked the cheaters how they did (after the test was over). They pointed at me, told him they copied, and bragged about it to the rest of the people. Thus, I became fully aware only at the end of the test.</p>
<p>well covering your answers would have taken exactly one second. you move your test onto your answer sheet. 1 second. that definitely would not break your concentration. saying that covering your paper would waste time is a lame explanation to be honest...because when you think about, look at all the time you had to waste trying to straighten this problem out? but if you found out about the cheating afterwards like you said, then that's a different story. I can understand that. I hate when people don't help even when they know something's wrong (referring to the AP Coordinator). What a useless person.</p>
<p>You're credibility disappears when you say 17 students were all packed into a room 10X8 ft. You couldn't even fit 7 desks in a room that size. Also, you should cover your answers anyways, regardless if a kid is 2 ft or 10 ft from you. I'm not taking the side of the cheaters because what they did was morally wrong and they get to live with that, but you wasted this much time complaining online about previous events, when you could have just taken action during the event. HTFU.</p>
<p>Whether he exaggerated the testing conditions or not, I think he should try to get something done with collegeboard. He can't go back in time and cover his answer sheet, and I do think it would be pretty messed up if the cheaters got a score they don't deserve. On the other hand, I would love to see someone who knows no chemistry placed in a higher level college chemistry course...</p>
<p>That doesnt prove he cheated, that could just mean that he didn't try on the Free response. There is no concrete proof other than circumstancial evidence.</p>
<p>Haha, I'm acting like this is a murder trail.</p>
<p>I agree with RickJ.
Stupid people will remain stupid people. It doesn't matter if they make 4s or 5s. You seem to be quite intelligent; when you're applying to college, you're not going to be competing against those people but against other people in your own bracket. Also, what do they gain by getting a good score on ONE ap exam?</p>
<p>He could just be like I blanked on Free Response. Act like you've never heard of a kid saying M.C. was easy but I bombed the FR. It happens all the time (and it happened to me probably once)</p>
<p>Wouldn't they be able to look at his sealed multiple choice section? It'd be a little suspicious if he had no scratch work whatsoever, especially considering all of the math that's on the multiple choice.</p>
<p>Also, I can understand the OP's situation, really. When I'm taking high pressured tests, I don't pay much attention at all to my surroundings, I just focus on figuring out as many answers as I possibly can. I think you did as much as could reasonably be expected of you, and between inconsistent performance on the part II and the utter lack of scratch work, I doubt this student will get credit.</p>
<p>"I'm confused as to why you just did NOTHING. You could have covered up your answers at least.
I think you should have said something to the proctor- the proctor would have done the right thing and the kids who cheated would have their tests taken away."</p>
<p>Agreed.</p>
<p>But I will mention this (take it how you wish, it is quoted from urban dictionary):</p>
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Them (#1): OMG! This kid cheated in my Calculus class today! He had all the formulas preprogrammed on his TI-89 (I know everything about calculators because I'm so cool!). He got a perfect score on the test so now there's no curve... What should I do!?!</p>
<p>Them (#2): Dude, totally snitch on that kid! I can't believe he'd do such a thing! (little do I know that I'm just a snooty little cracker rich kid, and that I'd be lynched by those '******' for snitching on them if I ever attended a public school)</p>
<p>Me: Get a life, seriously... You'd have the living **** beaten out of you if you snitched on someone over here. In fact, I'd probably be the ones beating you senseless and then running over to your house to have my way with your mom.</p>
<p>Them (#3): OMG! I can't believe you'd condone cheating. That's the worst thing in the world! Nevermind world hunger, global war, the thousands that die and nobody ever hears about, or the ****** president me and my cracker presidents put in FOR TWO ****ING TERMS IN A ROW!</p>
<p>Me: Wow... just wow. I can't defend myself here because there are too many nerds here. Here on College Confidential, cheating is the devil.
<p>Based off the conditions you described, if I was the Office of Testing Integrity I would cancel the entires school's scores. Obviously the school doesn't have proper testing procedure. Well I don't think the people who copied are smart enough to say there is no concrete proof, they would probably just squeal. But I don't know, this whole situation seems fishy.</p>
<p>Seriously, its not a big deal. Plus, you let him copy over 50 MC questions while you just sat there... its pretty easy to slide your arm over your answers or use a scratch piece of paper to cover them up</p>
<p>I think your whole school might be in trouble. My AP Coordinator said they actually have instructions regarding minimum spacing between desks, etc. and unless the cheater had telescopic eyes, your coordinator might have messed up on that rule.</p>