Hi guys, I was accused of cheating on the essay section of the new SAT. I was trying to finish my last sentence when the proctor called times up, and I wrote down one more word after she told everyone to drop their pencils. Somehow the proctor caught me and told me that she would file a report against me to the College Board saying that “I did not follow test rules”. Will my test scores get canceled?- please advise!!!
Maybe. They aren’t kidding about the rules in the SAT.
Agreed. The reality, however, is that nobody here knows what the CB may or may not do.
but someone who has experienced a similar situation may give us a better perspective, although we still won’t know for sure @skieurope.
I’ve seen this go both ways, @xpeke1
Really? If possible can you please elaborate and tell me more, thank you very much @marvin100 
@xpeke1 I’m not sure what will happen, but just know that someone out here in college land feels terrible that this happened to you. It must add to your college stress so much. It’s the worst to be accused of cheating when you didn’t do it! Why don’t you call College Board tomorrow and ask about it and what happens so you don’t to sit in a cloud of uncertainty. This too shall pass, and one day you’ll be a nicer parent because of it. Remember this feeling and use it for empathy your whole life. Also, get your parents involved. This sounds unfair, and maybe they can get a fair result for you.
Thank you. Do you think it would be wiser to call them or email them when I explain my situation?
Huh? OP admitted to writing after time had expired. Whether you consider that “cheating” or not is a matter of semantics, but it’s definitely a violation of CB rules.
Anyway, sometimes nothing comes of these things. I hope that’s the case for our OP!
@xpeke1 something similar happened to me where my proctor said she would report me for filling in some bubbles after time was called. But in the end thankfully she wasn’t a bitch and so she didn’t actually report anything.
Hi guys, for anymore experiencing a situation similar to this in the future, I hope that what I write next gives you some hope and optimism. I checked my score the day it came out, and to my surprise my score was there !!! A nice 1510 out of 1600. Now I’m not encouraging you to cheat- I definitely learned my lesson after worrying and stressing about this for a month, your integrity is more important than a higher mark on the SAT. God bless you all, and have a wonderful rest of your day
As a former SAT essay reader, I can tell you that it’s usually pretty obvious when a writer has run out of time on their essay. If you are literally in the middle, a few extra words won’t help much. If you are in the concluding paragraph, bear in mind that you’ve already written most of your essay, so the quality of your writing style is established. I would look to the introduction to get an idea of what I might expect from the conclusion. If you were planning to go beyond a simple summary, consider spending your last minute outlining the ideas you had intended to include. I would consider content to be more important than going further to provide a larger sample of style.