<p>Hello guys,
in Oct SAT, I heard that one of the students in my skool telling his friends that
he cheated. He said he copied all answers from the other test taker who was sitting
in front of him. Since he is the one who got caught several times in school tests,
I was definitely sure that he really cheated. </p>
<p>So I actually reported his cheating to the collegeboard,
and the collegeboard asked me for our test center code and his name and etc.
and after that they said they received my inquiry and they will NOT report anything
about the consequences.</p>
<p>So my questions is</p>
<p>Do you think they will consider it as a cheating and cancel his score?</p>
<p>Because I am really worried if the collegeboard just ignore this. He never works hard and just tries to think about a new way to cheat.. I really dont want him to get a good score.</p>
<p>They probably won’t tell you what happened because of confidentiality reasons.</p>
<p>I think that you can, however, call, and say that while you understand that there are confidentiality issues, you do have a right to make sure your complaint was seriously investigated, and not ignored. </p>
<p>But I guess that ultimately, you will know the answer to your question if you see that he gets into a top school.</p>
<p>I strongly disagree with the above posters. OP, you should be focusing on your own exam, not investigating into other peoples’ business. Sure, I’d understand if he was cheating off your paper, but going through all this effort is useless. Again, don’t get involved in things that don’t concern you. Trust me, it’s really something you need to acknowledge and apply to many life situations.</p>
<p>floridadad55, you just put this on a much bigger scale. We’re talking on a very small scale over here. OP here, conjectured that someone cheated off someone’s paper. He has no evidence. He is not involved in any way. Why should he get involved in something that doesn’t concern him? What if it somehow becomes complicated, and he gets even more deeply involved? All for what? There’s no clear reason to why one would do this.</p>
<p>And remember, cheaters never win. Cliche but true. No matter how much this person cheats, he’ll never be as good as a top student because he can’t cheat everything. He can’t cheat intelligence, knowledge, and hard-work, which are all things that’ll be assessed before you’re sent off to college.</p>
<p>Yeah I don’t think you should have told on him. It’s none of your business. If he gets accepted to a school you would like to go to, but didn’t get accepted to, I’d say that it’s not fair, but what if you both are happy and get accepted to where each of you want to attend? If he really is dumb or doesn’t deserve it then I’m pretty sure he’ll drop out or fail out of college. Until then quit being jealous because his score might be better than yours. I don’t know anyone that would wish for someone else to fail or not pursue his dreams. If he really needs to cheat on the SAT to get where he wants to in life then so be it, it’s his mistake. Don’t ruin it for him.</p>
<p>In addition, all the “evidence” you have is hearsay. </p>
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<p>And to be fair, you do have a bit of circumstantial evidence. </p>
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<p>I really hope you don’t turn out to be a criminal prosecutor … prosecuting people based on hearsay, circumstantial evidence, and gut-feelings. Good job. I’m sure that Harvard Law School has a spot waiting for you.</p>
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<p>Dad of a “genius” with a 2300 SAT and a 34 ACT with no studying, I respectfully disagree. </p>
<p>Someone who truly posses merit does not need to rely on this shrewd manner of whistle-blowing in order to get into a top university. If that someone was truly talented, and deserving of a spot at a top university, he would be accepted no matter what.</p>
<p>The OP is not “prosecuting.” It isn’t the OP’s decision. He is providing an occasion for an investigation. The kid’s score will be canceled only if College Board can tell exactly (by comparing answers with the people who sat around him, whatever means they have of checking these things) that he cheated.</p>
<p>The OP has taken his test and is reporting a possible misconduct that may have occurred on testing day, as College Board has encouraged him and everyone else who took the test to do. “Mind his own business”? Really? Would a proctor be in the wrong for not minding his own business when he or she, like all test-takers, was instructed to inform College Board of any misconduct?</p>
<p>Really? At what part in the test do they say that? In my two sittings I have heard nothing of the sort but, rather, the contrary.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what motivates all of you to oppose a mere investigation of a potential cheater. He’s not being unfairly punished. If there is justice to be served, it will be served.</p>
<p>I, personally, would like my score percentiles to represent my abilities relative to the test-taking population, not some contrived measure of whom only the proctor can catch cheating.</p>
<p>“Complications”? I would be incredibly surprised if the OP is contacted again (they have all of the credible info they could ever need from him), and College Board can choose for itself whether or not it would like to investigate potential cheaters for the sake of a fairer test. I’m sure it didn’t take the OP more than a few minutes.</p>
<p>I don’t think he should have snitched.
But if he did, so be it. I doubt the CB will do anything due to lack of evidence.
Anyone can report someone just to spite them.
The OP needs some evidence, taking his word for it isn’t worth much.</p>
<p>it was absolutely the right choice to report the problem when you know about it. however, you cannot and should not go back to inquire about the consequences for that person, because as others already said, it involves privacy issues such that you’ll never get an answer. assume that they’ve taken the complaint seriously and be happy that you’ve done the right thing.</p>