<p>Since when was asking about a test 'cheating'?</p>
<p>You my friend, are screwed.</p>
<p>It sucks. His chances for college are basically COMPLETELY screwed.</p>
<p>and why is that?</p>
<p>I was in a similar situation. In 10th grade, two years ago, I was under a lot of pressure for great grades and had plently of family problems, along with friendship issues. I was really depressed and was comtemplating suicide, and it completely overwhelmed me. Basically, I felt my grades were all I had left and I was starting to accomplish less and less and felt miserable. Then one day, I had to take a math exam. I took one look at it and knew that I did not understand ANY of the material whatsoever, so I asked the teacher to go to the bathroom. I had a panic attack in the bathroom, and didn't go back to class, and I sat there, crying for two more periods. Anyways, I went back to the teacher later and told him that I had to go to the nurse because I felt so sick, and he told me that I could make the test up the next day. Well, that night I had to work, but I studied for two hours anyways. The next day at school, I felt so unprepared to take the test, so I hastily decided I would cheat. I sat in the back of the classroom, and was so stupid that I put my notes on the floor next to my seat. Well, he caught me. He yelled at me, told me I was such a dishonest student, that I probably cheated my way into honor's classes, that I just about ruined my future. He gave me a zero, which I deserved, but it was probably one of the worst experiences of my life. I hated going to class everyday for the rest of the year, because I was so ashamed. I never told any of my friends, couldn't sleep because I felt like I had such a bad character, and was also angry that almost everyone else I knew had cheated on almost every test throughout their high school career, and were either never caught or sweet-talked their way out of the punishment. Well, now that teacher is my honor society director and I feel even worse. I'm probably going to quit honor society because I can't stand facing him. You're not alone, trust me. But I'm sure you leaned from it, which is so important. Life is about learning, and this lesson will be incredibly useful in college.</p>
<p>Well now you know not to put your notes next to you when you cheat.
I once put my notes like that - with no intention of cheating whatsoever - but the teacher saw them and told me to put them away.</p>
<p>heh, I did that just today, in 3 different classes. I even stole my AP gov final exam the day before we took it. </p>
<p>In any event, either quit cheating or wisen up your technique. learn from your mistakes. Of course, my teachers are ignorant, so I suppose I might be lucky</p>
<p>but alot of people are lucky these days for some reason.
I got away with cheating so many times before.
Not luck, but skill. :)</p>
<p>I didn't read this whole thread but I see a lot of people saying that you deserved it, they have no sympathy for you, etc. You do deserve the consequences. However I have a lot of sympathy for you. EVERYONE makes mistakes. A lot of people are under pressure and cheat. You feel terrible about it...there's not much you can do to make it better besides not do it again. Get the recs, submit your app to prep school. If you don't get in, you don't get in. Good thing you didn't get taught this lesson when applying to COLLEGE. </p>
<p>Things happen for a reason in life. It's better to get this out of the way now than when it hurts you for college recs, grad school recs, gets you kicked out of college, or makes you lose your job. Take things in stride and prioritize. Just because you don't get into prep school (and you still might) doesn't mean you can't still go to a great college, can't get a job, can't be happy.</p>
<p>very horrible thing to do...no symphathy here either</p>
<p>all i can say is wow..jus wow</p>
<p>r u a senior? if u r then it was completely worthless to do it...since the test wouln't affect ur GPA</p>
<p>Kiddo,
I would see a counselor and ask that counselor to talk to your teachers with you about the enormous pressure you felt that made you feel you needed to compromise your values.
It's terrible that the stress on performances leads good people to bad things.
But I would try the truth. Say why you cracked. And throw yourself on their mercy, offering to do alternative work. Truth is always refreshing.</p>
<p>i also have no sympathy for you. but i am in the same boat as you (wierd how that works?)</p>
<p>this my philosophy. you knew full well, pressure or not, what the consequences would be if you cheated and you did anyways. the ball was in your court the entire time. you are (i assume) almost a legal adult in the states so its time for you to face up to what you did and accept the punishment, regardless.</p>
<p>however, im not a total jerk and i understand why you did what you did. i understand completely. i recently did something similar in nature (not cheating) but i got busted and really, deep down somewhere you knew it was a possibility.</p>
<p>and i can guarantee that your counselor and teacher and principal will respect you infinitely more if you own up to it and accept your wrongdoing. </p>
<p>as to the lying and incriminating someone else. that is utterly ridiculous, if you do that i think i might hate you. that is...just such a terrible thing to do especially since that kid would get in MORE trouble than you</p>
<p>this thread's been going on a while but did anything happen to the op yet? What'd the op eventually do?</p>
<p>wasnt your meeting on monday?? what happened?? whose advice did you take? haha</p>
<p>First off, face it. Almost 75% of people taking AP classes etc. trying to get into those top colleges...have definitely done cheating of some sort. I'll admit that I have too (but nothing too extreme as to trying to steal tests). I've never been caught, but now that I'm in college, I'm not looking to cheat anymore because there's something about "earning" your grade and truthfully getting an A, it really makes you genuinely proud of achieving that good grade and the fact that you truthfully deserve it. So, I've decided not to cheat in my next 4 years. However, I really think all that cutthroat competition as well as parents/other students adding that pressure to people, it almost promotes trying to look for an unfair advantage, which is why people pay people to take SATs etc. This whole system of getting into colleges really sucks...there's too much pressure to succeed when sometimes it's better off to just fail and learn from mistakes. It forces us to be as perfect as possible...</p>
<p>But you should man up and tell the truth. You lie once, you need to make 10000 new lies to try to cover up the first one, and of course you'll need to cover up those new lies. Just learn from this mistake, becuz while this will probably jeopardize your chances of getting into a 4 yr university initially, you can still head to juco (which is perfectly fine), do well there, and then get into a college. I don't think you can still get into a college, but that doesn't mean it's the end of the world.</p>
<p>Where is that statistic from, Infamy?</p>
<p>guys quit giving advice and repridmanding. its definately been said in the last 19 pages, and this kid has already had his meeting</p>
<p>i think we all just need to know what happenend...</p>
<p>This is why you learn binary. Write your notes in binary all over your forearm. If you teacher asks, say that they are the markings of a secret cult. A binary cult. Or, you can use hexadecimal, if you want to save space and ink. :)</p>
<p>Okay. I think someone should close this thread. People are going to keep posting their opinions when it's all been said already. Plus, I'm pretty sure the OP is not coming back....who knows? Maybe he got banned from the computer because he got caught. Maybe he realized it was stupid to post this on an internet forum and was hoping it'd die, which it so clearly is not, since it's been about six or more pages since he last posted.</p>
<p>that's just my personal estimate...i might be exaggerating but i know lots of people who cheated, in some cases even the people you least expect.</p>