<p>Let’s say you don’t get caught and you end up as an NMSF, what are you gonna do?</p>
<p>I’m just going to pretend that I never took the PSAT, meaning I will not do anything if I receive National Merit.</p>
<p>Honestly, if I was the OP I’d take the NMSF recognition. Now I realize that this might come across as immoral or unethical and in some ways, it definitely is. However, for all he knows he might have been able to score highly enough by himself. Honestly, we should stop bumping this thread up. OP, do whatever you want if you get NMSF. If you really want to be ethical, don’t fill out the forms. But, whatever you do, don’t confess to actually cheating. It could be devastating not only to your test scores but also to your reputation in the school (which is pretty important when it comes to teacher and counselor recs).</p>
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<p>Sorry for bumping this one more time, 1253729. </p>
<p>Maddyf: If this will give you peace of mind, maybe even closure to this unfortunate situation, then I just wish you the best of luck. There’s a lesson to be learned here, and you should come out the better if you do right by yourself. We all mistakes, and we all hope to learn from them.</p>
<p>Maddy, so that others can learn, be sure to tell us if you get caught.</p>
<p>Since I’m betting you aren’t going to tell your mom this, I’m going to respond to you as a mom, since I’m a mom. First of all, you don’t have to tell anyone at this point. Don’t mess up your life this way. Instead, LEARN from this mistake. Commit it to your heart and never cheat again. You do know that UVA has the most respected Honor Code in the country? Well, go there and become an honorable student. Don’t let this one teenage mistake, which was probably wraught from all this pressure, define you. You are forgiven as long as you grow from this. One day you will be a better parent because of this incidnet. Use it to teach your children and grand children about how awful it feels not to live up to yourself. Live the Honor Code. Signed, Someone Else’s Mom</p>
<p>I actually don’t want you to confess–I think that you are conscience-stricken is enough. Have this be a teachable moment.</p>
<p>The sadder thing is how put-upon all of you college-bound high-schoolers are. How good enough is not enough, and the lengths that some students feel compelled to go–either through honest or dishonest means. </p>
<p>My child is a case-in-point. Woke up, early, in Kauai on a family vacation, to access SAT scores–my kid got a 2180 and immediately started to cry and took the SAT, again, 6 mos. later, and scored a 2290. I was against the retaking, feeling that 2180 was a very good score and that my kid had other, pending fish to fry–subject tests, “captaining” two different athletic teams, schoolwork, family time, a social life, sleep (!), and a life. My kid is a painter/drawer, too, and I would have rather seen the add’l SAT prep time devoted to that, frankly.</p>
<p>And, as an aside, my kid got a completely uninspired PSAT (192), so it just goes to show you how bogus and indicative of nothing, really, these standardized tests are. </p>
<p>Finally, I am sorry that someone called you a “piece of crap.” You owned your transgression–now move on–and don’t do that (or anything like it), again. </p>
<p>Triumphs that aren’t yours, frankly, are as hollow as a termite-eaten log.</p>
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Yikes. That’s scary.</p>
<p>I don’t know if noimagination is referring to accessing the scores on vacation or waking up early. Yes, scary. However, this was Hawaii time, 4 hours earlier than EST, so, thus, the early wake-up. My kid is so over it, but I was attempting to make a commentary on how stressful applying to college is and how distorted people became–whether it’s cheating on the PSAT or retaking a perfectly respectable score.</p>
<p>Why would you cheat on the PSAT?..
They might question you if the answer sheets appear identical (because it has happened in the past), but you will probably go unnoticed. Either way, you should confess-it was just a PSAT.</p>
<p>1.don’t turn yourself in
2.accept what u get
3.never do it again</p>
<p>it’s that simple</p>
<p>Alright, so you felt the pressure to cheat . It’s human I guess</p>
<p>Don’t turn yourself in … its too late they will probably take disciplinary action</p>
<p>PSAT really doesn’t matter much any way so dont worry ( cept for NMS)</p>
<p>DONT DO IT AGAIN. I hope you learned your lesson , it’s really not worth cheating on the SAT , its supposed to be an indicator. It will hurt you in the long run , but just relax … accept what you did … and dont do it again and it’ll be alot easier</p>
<p>Don’t listen to others talking smack … they are just kinda mad that you took the easy way out and they had to work at it . And please for the sake of your own life, chill out :)</p>
<p>Sorry, but I can’t believe any of that story. it just doesn’t make any sense. </p>
<p>Anyway, if it really happened the way you described it, try to do well on your SAT to match your expected high PSAT.</p>
<p>Haha, this is hilarious, the guy could have made the whole story up and, yes, many of you are stupid enough to fall for it.</p>
<p>^Right, and you’re stupid enough to bump a 8-month-old thread.</p>
<p>lol this happened at my school where a person got a 238 by copying a 234 hahahaha, so everyone thought that the 234 was cheating.</p>
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<p>Guilt, like memory, persists for an unusually long time.</p>
<p>Don’t slit your wrists or anything, but do remember how cheating felt. I, for one, hate cheaters with a passion. Pray that your identity is never revealed to me prior to an accidental meeting on the street.</p>
<p>Lol, look at maddyf’s post. She/he took her/his time and made a CC account just to confess a cheating story, such dedication. :D</p>
<p>Hahaha, “won’t out-live the guilt”, HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA are you kidding me? Wow, maybe I’m a bad person, but this has gotta be a joke.</p>
<p>If I can remember, they don’t record where you were sitting. There is no evidence.</p>
<p>I would admit nothing. If they question you, be sure they have proof. Tell them you will sue, it might get them to back off.</p>