<p>Alright, I don't feel that shameful admitting it here cause I really have a serious question. I've been cheating ever since 8th grade in my english regular class. The teacher was completely laid back and once i started cheating i instantly knew that i could always get away with it. So ever since then I've always cheated on everything I did which really helped bump me up into AP and honors courses. Now before you ask, no I don't feel shame in doing this. I've realized that if I have a clear and solid opportunity to further my chances in anything academically, i'm taking that chance. That's how you get far in life; i can't sit back and play by the rules but since I'm heading off to college soon, i might actually have to play by the rules. So my question is, is cheating easy to get away with in college?</p>
<p>No, absolutely not. Check out this story: [University</a> of Central Florida Cheating Scandal Prompts Professor to Issue Ultimatum](<a href=“University of Central Florida Cheating Scandal Prompts Professor to Issue Ultimatum - ABC News”>University of Central Florida Cheating Scandal Prompts Professor to Issue Ultimatum - ABC News)</p>
<p>And you THINK you will never be caught, but eventually, you will.</p>
<p>Cheating in college is one of the dumbest things you can do. You get an XF on your transcript if you get caught, which is a grade of F with the distinction that you earned it based on cheating. Try explaining that to an employer of you want a job.</p>
<p>Nope it is a LOT harder to pull off in college and if you get caught there is no warning not to do it again, no exceptions.</p>
<p>If you get caught in college, you will have ZERO chance of going to grad school, and a harder time getting jobs. Not to mention, you won’t know anything that were actually supposed to learn because you got by through cheating. So, you’ll be fired from any place that will hire you.</p>
<p>Just do your work.</p>
<p>It is tough and not worth it at all. (Coming from an ex-cheater)
Middle school and high school were very easy since they didn’t seem to care that much but it is a different situation in college. </p>
<p>^ Yeah, just do your work. You are preparing for a career here, so cutting corners won’t do you any favors.</p>
<p>Looking at the papers I grade I’d say cheating is pretty common. I think most people have learned to cheat at the level where it’s kinda difficult to detect and more trouble than it’s worth to try and prove.</p>
<p>It made me a little frustrated only realizing this after I had finished my classes without cheating. :(</p>
<p>If you can get away with it, go for it. I think in college it will be much harder for you to pull it off.</p>
<p>Cheating may get you a few As, but if you are even caught once, ONCE, it’s over.</p>
<p>I am sure that many people cheat their way through life. However, you should realize that the person who chooses to cheat becomes a different person than one who chooses not to.
The difference may be subtle but over time, without a course correction, you may find yourself in a place you regret. The consequence for choosing to cheat can be losing the ability to see that it is wrong. Of course, if you believe in a higher power, then the conversation about avoiding consequences becomes quite silly.</p>
<p>It depends on the setting. You can cheat pretty easy if you’re taking a test in a lecture hall or taking a quiz online. I seriously don’t know a person who doesn’t “cheat” every now and then. </p>
<p>You have to take every opportunity that’s given to you to get ahead of the competition. In the end it doesn’t really matter how you get the degree but instead if you actually have one. College teaches you theory and out of date information, you learn most of your stuff on the job from experience.</p>
<p>Actually, IMO, it’s easier to cheat in college but that’s why so many people get caught. In college, professors don’t hesitate to leave the room during an exam, you can just up and go to the bathroom during an exam (and probably cheat), and so much more. However, I think these things could lead to your downfall. Professors aren’t dumb; they were once in our position, so they know the ins and outs of cheating. You may think you’re pulling a fast one on your prof, but you’re really not.</p>
<p>With that being said, do what you want. No one here can tell you what to do, but we can advise you. And I advise that you cut the cheating when you get to college. Forget that “pride” and “you’re only cheating yourself” BS. You’re putting yourself in danger of getting expelled and looking unattractive to future employers. Don’t do it to yourself.</p>
<p>I’m not a cheater, but at my large public school, sometimes I feel like at least 1/8 of the class cheats lol</p>
<p>I don’t understand why students can’t simply value their education and do their work. If you’re just going to cheat in college, then why are you even here? Sure, you might (unfortunately) earn a degree, but you’ll leave college without having learned anything even related to your degree. There are students who don’t cheat and who appreciate their place at college. Obviously you don’t.</p>
<p>I may have sneaked a peak at a couple kids test, used notes for online quizes, or used translators for language classes.</p>
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<p>I value my education a lot. Why would I take the lesser grade and not cheat when I can “cheat” and get a higher grade for the class. I’m ultimately in it for the gpa and my name on a certificate. </p>
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<p>To get a college degree.</p>
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<p>That’s a bold statement. I learn pretty much the same as everyone else (maybe even more or less then them) and in the real world you learn what you need to know on the job. </p>
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<p>I do appreciate a college education because it seems like you need a degree to do anything these days.</p>
<p>Forgetting the morality and “higher power” arguments (which nobody actually cares about anyway), I would say: if you can take an online gen ed class, it will be pretty easy to cheat, and who really cares? You don’t really need to know that stuff anyways. As far as the classes that actually matter for your major, I will personally work my ass off in order to learn the material. Plus, you can actually get caught really easily in any in-person class. So I would say this:
- just about everyone cheats with online classes (sometimes the professors know this, so they just say that everything is open-book, open-note, open-google, etc…)
- Don’t cheat in any in-person class.
- NEVER PLAGIARIZE! They will catch plagiarism. </p>
<p>But seriously, you may have been improving your chances for success by cheating in high school (I am somewhat doubtful of this), but not in college with the classes that actually matter.
Personally, I’ve never cheated, even with online classes. Also, if you are cheating in a class that’s graded on a curve and another student finds out, they will report you. Hell, they might just beat the **** out of you.</p>
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<p>If you think the only things you’ll need to know for your job are taught to you at your job, then you’re probably going to be a pretty mediocre employee (and may also have a difficult finding a new job when the only skills you have are the ones from your job).</p>
<p>xtoll, it all depends on which courses you take. the consequences of cheating in college, however, tend to be much more serious.</p>
<p>you could likely cheat your way through college and not face any consequences. if your criteria for success is only GPA and getting your name on a fancy piece of paper, then you’ll probably end up just fine.</p>
<p>it doesn’t change the fact that it will represent a woeful lack of integrity and honour, reflect poorly on your choice of priorities, and make you a person of inferior quality. </p>
<p>Being an honourable person will earn you genuine and meaningful respect. Being a lying sleazeball will eventually come back to bite you in the @$$. Integrity really is the best policy.</p>
<p>Cheating just isn’t worth it in college. Period. Usually, if you get caught once you’re over and there’s not really any going back. Colleges don’t want proven cheaters in their schools. </p>
<p>And no, it isn’t any easier.</p>
<p>If the arguments about morality and “doing what’s right” aren’t going to deter you, then consider the fact that the consequences of cheating and plagiarism are much harsher in college (as several posters have pointed out already). In middle and high school, you might just get a zero on the assignment or be made to redo it, but in college, a single offense can lead to failing a class or being expelled (depending on the college and severity of the case). And it will be on your record. </p>
<p>Also consider the fact that your professors are not unfamiliar with student cheating. They’ve probably seen all kinds of cheating over the course of their careers, and they have taught hundreds (and perhaps thousands) of students. They’ve encountered all the excuses from jammed printers to dead grandmothers. You say you started cheating in an 8th grade English class. Humanities classes in college are heavily paper-based, which gives professors a chance to become familiar with your particular writing voice and style. Perhaps plagiarism isn’t part of your repertoire, but if it is, you will seriously want to reconsider, since professors will be able to tell.</p>