<p>To be perfectly frank, last semester I took someone else's online tests for them in several classes and wrote several of their essays for them. Now, I feel guilty of having helped someone cheat and I'm thinking about coming clean about it because I have a guilty conscience. </p>
<p>What are the repercussions of being honest about being dishonest?</p>
<p>Is it wise to confess, or should I never do it again and move on as if it never happened?</p>
<p>If you are currently a student then you could get expelled.</p>
<p>The other person can deny it unless you have proof.
So you have everything to lose.
How much did you get paid?</p>
<p>Ow, that’s tough. Honestly, I despise the idea of cheating. I’m a TA and didn’t hesitate to turn in one of my students when I thought she cheated on a 5-point quiz. But confessing will only hurt you. They can’t just ignore it. There’s a very, very real possibility of you being expelled or put on probation. It’s admirable to want to do the right thing but your entire college career is at stake here. I’d say never, ever do it again and live with the guilt.</p>
<p>I didn’t get paid for it, and I do have proof. I have the exact dates, times, grades for the tests I took and even how many questions I got right/wrong, and all the drafts for the essays.</p>
<p>You cheated, too.</p>
<p>Can you afford to pay back your loans, fa?</p>
<p>Is this to punish your gf/bf that broke up with you?
You jeopardize any chance of transferring, grad school.</p>
<p>I understand that I cheated too. This is not to punish the person. I just feel like Orestes in the Oresteia Triology. I feel like I’m being tormented by The Furies.</p>
<p>So confess what you did to your school but don’t name the person that benefited from your academic dishonesty.
You will be expelled.</p>
<p>Suck it up. You did this person a favor. You made a choice.
Now you can either suck it up and deal with it, or you can screw yourself over royally and still feel bad. Your choice.</p>
<p>If only you were the only one. Unfortunately for a lot of family oriented people (not saying you are) school has been turned into a family activity with mothers fathers, sisters and brothers pithing in and doing the other family members homework. All with the goal of gaining the family member entrance into the best college possible. It is a culture thing but it is still deceitful.</p>
<p>As others have already said, admitting to this will likely get you expelled. If not expelled, there will still be some severe punishments.</p>
<p>I’m going to guess that this was a significant other you were helping out, since you said you weren’t getting paid. I’m further guessing that you’re no longer with this person since you’re considering admitting it. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t admit it personally. Just never do it again. You put your entire academic future at stake when you cheat, especially cheating to the extent that you’re talking about.</p>
<p>You could try confessing to a priest/therapist/doctor (ie someone who doesn’t have an obligation to report it to the school) and are if you feel better after that. It’s definitely admirable to admit it (and the right thing to do) but I wouldn’t in your shoes because as other have said, the consequences will be severe and they will follow you around.</p>
<p>This is intense man, even if you get off (I highly doubt that tho) your school and everyone else will never see you the same, you could be jeopardising you whole future (no joke). If I were you I would keep mum, your conscience can’t be troubling you that badly can it… but then again my sense of morality is highly questionable so don’t listen to me.</p>
<p>Committing academic dishonesty in college is a very, very bad offense.</p>
<p>I have a hard time advising someone who did such a thing to not turn him- or herself in.</p>
<p>This isn’t the kind of situation where you just say, “well, you learned from it, move on.” It’s too big. Schools take this very seriously; it derails their entire purpose to do this.</p>
<p>You might be expelled, and if you are, you should be. Sorry to be blunt, but that’s the truth.</p>
<p>You should confess because you have damaged the integrity of a school that so graciously gave you the opportunity to pursue a future. To continue to suck resources when you know you should be disciplined would be selfish.</p>
<p>That is, of course, just an opinion. It is easy to say from my high horse. Your life will likely change forever if you admit it, but ask yourself this: is it the admission, or the action? You already did the part that ruined things, I’d say…</p>
<p>Wait, don’t a lot of people already cheat for their friends / classmates already? I thought this was the norm. Meh.</p>