Is this AP Cheating and what are the Consequences?

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>Someone in a local school had a student who took an AP exam near some boxes that had AP exams in them that already had been taken, including one she had done. Before the exam, she apparently got hold of her old AP exam and threw it away in a trash can. This was a week ago and now when the school was checking them, the counselor apparently could not find it and called in the student who confessed. They tried to recover the exam materials but they had already been discarded by a trash company. First of all, will this student only have this AP exam cancelled, have them all cancelled for the year, or be barred from all AP exams in the future? Secondly, what consequences will the school face? My friend is at the school where this happened and is concerned that College Board may cancel ALL scores at that school for this year.</p>

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<p>It’s not cheating but its a violation</p>

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<p>@yodelo, do you have any idea what the consequences will be?</p>

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<p>Well, hopefully College Board will cancel all of your scores and put it on your record. I can’t stand people like you.</p>

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<p>@wcclirl444, I’m talking on behalf of my friend at his local school, and this female student who did this seemingly because she thought she couldn’t cancel her scores and the only way to remove them was for them to not be even given. Admittedly, her mistake was stupid, but seriously? Also, you don’t have to stand me but people like this girl and secondly stick to my question.</p>

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<p>Is this “friend” a guy or a girl? Since you referenced he/she as both “him” and “her” at various times, I am confused as to whether or not this “friend” really exists or if it is just <em>you</em>. Personally, I don’t mistake my male friends as “her” or my female friends as “him”…</p>

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<p>Sorry, I was thinking of my guy friend when I wrote this. I am a boy as well. It’s the girl who cheated and the boy who might be affected. BTW, I wouldn’t do something like that; I’ve got too much to lose.</p>

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<p>***? Why are there so many cases of cheating on the SAT by both direct and indirect means this year?!?!</p>

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<p>What I don’t get is why people go to a thread where someone asks a question if they don’t actually intend to answer, but just to criticize or accuse the person who asked. </p>

<p>Either answer the question, or move on, wcclirl444. It’s not your business whether he/she is the person in question…</p>

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<p>You know what, you’re right. I shouldn’t care at all that this person cheated on the AP exam giving him/her an advantage over everyone else. I should definitely just help him/her out–no questions asked.</p>

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<p>I believe that there is some consequence for accessing tests outside of the actual test taking time. The school is responsible for making sure that the tests are secure and they have the proper number of them until they are returned to college board. The student is not permitted to touch the exams once the test is over. </p>

<p>Here are some of the rules: </p>

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<p>and this is from the AP exam security policy from the coordinators manual - all of this stuff is accessible on line. </p>

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<p>I could not find the consequences to the school, but would guess that they are put on some type of notice. Since a test was removed from the room/building, and the tests were not secured properly, then there is a chance that all AP tests taken in that school could be cancelled. They take that pretty seriously. Tests can be cancelled at a school if they are missing one of the tests when they return the tests to college board. </p>

<p>It could get kind of ugly. Not a good situation!</p>