<p>One time our proctor fell asleep for 20 extra minutes on one of the sections. I am guessing it was a Writing section for most since they all pulled out their smartphones and proceeded to look up vocab words. When he woke up he literally said “holy ****, OK NEXT SECTION GO GO GO!!”. Unfortunately I was on CR, so I didn’t really benefit from it other than having a little extra time to re read some stuff…</p>
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A 400 point increase between two consecutive tests.</p>
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Then it would be a CR section, no? And even so, this could just be the result of people going back to earlier sections to look up vocab, since that would be the easiest way to cheat.</p>
<p>I had a pretty big score increase, and I wasn’t flagged.</p>
<p>Also, my best friend (who I tutored), when from a 1900 to a 2300, and wasn’t flagged either.</p>
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so untrue… still think SAT/ACT suck for college readiness</p>
<p>@jd989898
Holy crap lucky!</p>
<p>It would suck for me though because I don’t have Internet on my phone lol</p>
<p>@aStyle, no I don’t think that is true either, because the SAT is MC and is graded by a machine, so I doubt the people at ETS would pay attention to increase in scores, especially not when there’s so many people across the world taking it</p>
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Maybe I’m accepted to that institution, but do not qualify for bigger scholarships?</p>
<p>I think the SAT (including subject tests) and ACT are pretty effective in quantifying the academic knowledge necessary to succeed in a particular institution. But they do not measure study skills, emotional maturity, or a desire to learn - all of which are equally important.</p>
<p>As for obtaining a higher score that is needed for a larger scholarship award, it is indeed true that a few hundred dollars invested in a ringer may financially payoff times 10 or more. And that is a decision that the individual testee has to make. Situations like that will be present throughout one’s life (Uh-oh, I just dinged someone’s car, but no one saw it, should I report it? or Y’know, I could seriously underreport this on my tax form and no one will ever know the difference).</p>
<p>I don’t think this is something you can prove or disprove, but I believe that your actions eventually come back to you - whether “good” or “bad”. I believe this more firmly with every passing year. </p>
<p>Your call…</p>
<p>At top schools there are more prepared applicants than there are available spots, so in that case it’s not about preparation but competition.</p>
<p>Just wondering, but is this considering cheating?
When there was less than a minute left on the math section and I noticed that I bubbled in the wrong letter on the scantron, so I started erasing, but once I picked up my pencil again and the tip of the pencil touched the scantron, the proctors called time. I only had a small circle in the letter. So when we moved on to the next section and when the proctor looked away, I quickly finished filling in the bubble. I don’t think this is ethically wrong, but if I were caught filling it in still one second or 2 seconds after time was called, is that considered cheating and would that get me kicked out?</p>
<p>Yes, it is considered cheating to fill in any bubbles after time is called.</p>
<p>sharing answers in the bathroom</p>
<p>they def should have a proctor in there though making sure you arent talking about the test (everyone does)</p>
<p>I went up 190 points between two tests… no cheating. You just have to study.</p>
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<p>I don’t believe it. The SAT barely allows enough time to complete the test for yourself, let alone both solve and share answers. </p>
<p>And what happens when someone runs out of a color of M&M?</p>
<p>Curious if the person who started this thread is trying to get help so they can cheat or is just asking a hypothetical question…LOL??? Personally, I don’t think SAT/ACT tests are predicators of anything in college, since there are too many variables the test doesn’t measure. I think some people read way too much into those results. What they are good for is comparing students from all over the country who attended a wide variety of high schools in how well they performed on a standardized test.</p>
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<p>Just buy more bags of M&M. But I find it ridiculous they would sit there sifting thorugh the M&M bags for a specific colour</p>
<p>Haha. And that’s not counting the math fill part. That could make or break their math score.</p>
<p>They do flag some tests for score increases, but they say it has to be pretty drastic. Like someone going from 1500 to 2300 in the matter of just one test.</p>
<p>You can put dictionaries on the TI-89 graphing calculator. Some also call it cheating to use the solve function on this calculator where you can literally plug in any equation and it will be solved for you, but the calculator is allowed so I dont conscider that cheating. </p>
<p>You can also store notes on it such as grammer rules etc. Bad procters (and most are bad) wont even notice that you are supposed to be on the reading or writing section and your calculator is out.</p>
<p>I accidentally had my calculator on during a writing section, and my proctor (who I considered to be fairly good) didn’t notice…</p>