<p>Just be honest. We all have crazy pressure on us. Instead of lying and identifying some random student or what not, just explain your situation. Not to make them feel completely sympathetic but so they can understand whats going on. The most important thing is that their is UNDERSTANDING.</p>
<p>Next go up to your teacher and sit down and explain whats up, (s)he has known you for a while im sure and knows the true ERATO so just reassure her that your the same kid, than just ask and say It's not fair for me to ask you for these recs and that you will find some one else.</p>
<p>We all cheat, just cheaters are the ones who get caught.</p>
<p>write a three page essay where you take responsibility for it, wrestled with the morality of trying to pass it on someone else and learned a lot about yourself and the value of having real ethics during the stressful period that followed. hand it in to the instructors and administrators.</p>
<p>everybody makes unwise choices from time to time, when we're young it's almost to be expected. what really matters is how we handle ourselves after the fact (taking responsibility for our actions) and what we learn from those choices.</p>
<p>your instructors will see it that way. there may be some short term pain associated with it, but at the end of the day it will make your life a lot easier.</p>
<p>the other problem is if you say/said it was someone who they know would never do anything like it or who didnt take the class or something, you could get screwed...</p>
<p>this would make a great college essay, though one of the earlier posters had a point, that maybe go talk to out of school people for recs. by the way, I'm a little confused. You stated that you cheated before you were admitted into Prep school, as in Prep school before college?</p>
<p>ok I don't condone cheating, but we have all done it in our lives.</p>
<p>You need to talk to your teacher on a mature level: just say I need to talk to you after school. Apologize, and mean it. And say you accept all the consequences for your actions. At least you are showing some maturity and being honest...if that counts for anything.</p>
<p>As for the recs, cant u get them from someone else?</p>
<p>i doubt any college caresnif you have cheated once
you arent gonna lose everything you worked for
all of the people saying he has "screwed himself over but can still be a man" are full of it
, if he just apologizes it will be all forgotten.</p>
<p>stop putting crazy ideas of failure into his/her head...
Instead of feeling macho over your internet post knocking some highschool kid why don't you write a nice comment like "I hope it works out" or "Don't lose hope"</p>
<p>People can be so rude and cruel to other people, aren't we all humans? Don't we all make mistakes! Yes, all of us mortal, non-God, humans make mistakes on a daily basis, some less severe and some more severe.</p>
<p>That being said I doubt you just jeopardized your college chances and if you did I would fight it. One dumb mistake shouldn't ruin years of hard work.</p>
<p>And tell your teacher to get off his/her high and mighty throne by making this such an extreme case. Screw the system, even it has its mistakes.</p>
<p>The College Confidential Dictionary of English</p>
<p>cheat, v.: to steal a test; to glance at someone else's test; to copy someone's homework; to look at someone's homework; to let someone else look at your homework; to talk about the homework; to look at someone's notes; to talk about a class; to talk about anything which might remotely compromise your own, completely original and pure work.</p>
<p>By this definition, I agree. Everyone cheats. Problem is, the above definition is completely useless.</p>
<p>If you're going to defend the OP by saying "everyone cheats" then you have to use consistent definitions. By the above definition, everyone cheats; but if you limit yourself only to varieties of cheating at least as severe as stealing a test, then I assure you that not everybody cheats.</p>
<p>Look, I understand that this is a learning experience for the OP and that everyone makes mistakes of varying degrees of severity at some point or another. But to simply state "everyone cheats" without a valid argument just makes things worse.</p>
<p>Sympathy no! pity yes. Just by cheating, you've lost the self-respect you've worked your whole life to achieve. Getting caught just gives you an opportunity to get it back. Be humble, come clean, take your punishment, and THEN continue to achieve and regain your self-respect. If you're as smart as you say you are, you'll be ok, and you'll be proud that you didn't take what you didn't earn.</p>
<p>You made an awful mistake and deserve to sacrifice your slot at a top school to someone more worthy (not the people on this board who think cheating is ok, they're all losers). Its not the end of the world, its not prison, its not even hard time. Do well honestly in BIG STATE U or some CANADIAN U that doesn't require recs, and then go on to the graduate school of your dreams, self-respect in tact, and a bit of extra character in your pocket.</p>
<p>I go to a college that has an Honor Code. I am on the committee that hears cases of academic infractions at my school. Based on this, I can tell you what we would want to hear about if it were one of our cases:</p>
<p>1) You understand that it is dishonest and wrong.<br>
2) You can explain why it is dishonest and wrong.
3) You know that you made a horrible decision, and you are sorry.
4) You can explain why you are not going to do this in the future and what you will do to prevent being in a similar situation.
5) You are willing to accept whatever sanction is handed out, as you know that what you did was dishonest and wrong.</p>
<p>I think it's obvious that all of this has to be sincere, as administrators/anyone who deals with these types of cases regularly will be a pretty good lie detector.</p>
<p>What you need to be looking at online is other people in your situation and how they got away with it. </p>
<p>Cuz lets, be honest. There are way too many qualified applicants in todays college selection process to debate over whether they should let you in because there are hundreds of other students that apply to their schools with your stats or better and didn't cheat. Try to get out of this scot free in any way you can. Even though I have never been in your situation(cuz I hate cheaters) I have seen what happens to top students that have cheated.</p>
<p>It did not bode well.</p>
<p>If you find no possible way of getting out of this, than sorry to say you have to tell the truth. U might salvage a miniscule of your reputation. And it is the right thing to do.</p>
<p>Or you could always sell crack. Its real profitable and has a fast lifestyle. Just got to watch your back and you'll be lucky to live past 20.</p>
<p>I’m back for more…..If you decided to do the “wrong thing,” and I mean the worse possible thing that you could do, then I hope this is what you did. </p>
<p>Since the test was stolen off her desk, the person who supposedly stole the test (YOU) would have to be in your class. So, if you are going to point the finger at somebody, then make sure that they are in your class. </p>
<p>(This situation would entail the original test being stolen, and the original test being found. No need to worry about test copies.)</p>
<p>Also, the teacher knows that her test was stolen recently. So, the fact that all teachers would think that their tests have been stolen in the past would probably not make much sense here, because they are not missing tests. </p>
<p>Good luck test thief!!! You will need all the luck you can get.</p>
<p>"The College Confidential Dictionary of English</p>
<p>cheat, v.: to steal a test; to glance at someone else's test; to copy someone's homework; to look at someone's homework; to let someone else look at your homework; to talk about the homework; to look at someone's notes; to talk about a class; to talk about anything which might remotely compromise your own, completely original and pure work."</p>
<p>Nope. Talking about a class is not cheating. That can be very honest and an excellent study technique such as when people get together to study before tests.</p>
<p>That's different than talking about an exam to others who'll have to take the same exam. This is an example of cheating.</p>
<p>Getting feedback on one's writing before handing it in also is not cheating unless one is getting feedback on a take home exam. If you're getting feedback on things like a term paper, what you're doing is simply smart, and definitely isn't considered cheating unless your teacher specifically asked for you not to do this (and I don't know why a teacher wouldn't want their students to use this technique that most excellent professional writers regularly use).</p>
<p>Getting feedback on your work is very different than plagiarism, which is cheating.</p>