<p>Today during the AP bio exam a fellow test taker was using a calculator, which is prohibited during the exam. Not just a 4 function either, but a TI that could potentially have information written in it. I privately reported it to the proctor during the break, but he said he didn't see it and was basically indifferent. I find it incredibly unfair, as a calculator could have helped me with a few of the problems. Should I report her to the Office of Testing Integrity? I hate to be that kid, but cheating infuriates me.</p>
<p>Personally I’d feel as if I’d have a moral obligation to report it. </p>
<p>Once in 8th grade my science teacher put it in this perspective after she had her Sharpies stolen. “If you see someone getting mugged, would you say something?” A bit extreme but still applicable nonetheless.</p>
<p>why not just worry about yourself</p>
<p>Hunt him down…</p>
<p>We should be allowed to use simple calculators on science exams. It’s absurd that they don’t let us use them.</p>
<p>Report it… if I get a 4 instead of a 5 because that kid cheated and I was at the top of the 4s, that’d **** me off.</p>
<p>I would say reporting it would be the best deal, but then there is a slight chance that Collegeboard might cancel everyone in your rooms scores…due to a bad proctor or maybe uncertainty.</p>
<p>And get your own score cancelled? Your choice.</p>
<p>Don’t report it, it’s hassle to do so and will only end up causing you more problems that it prevents.</p>
<p>edit: thanks to how college board reacts to cheating, it’s a waste of time. Blame the system for that.</p>
<p>What is there to gain from reporting this person to the College Board? </p>
<p>You don’t gain anything by doing so, however you stand to loose time and energy in the process of contacting the College Board.</p>
<p>Report it if you can, but I doubt any action will be taken.
Also I loled that Bernie Madoff told you not to tell.</p>
<p>Nihilarian, … Cheaters make it harder for us legit test-takers to get the scores we deserve.</p>
<p>lol reporting one cheater changes nothing in the grand scheme of things, it’s not worth your time or the problems it causes to report cheaters to the college board.</p>
<p>I agree with the above in principle - there are rules for a reason (and NOT to be broken, it’s so the tests are a fair assessment)… but again I doubt any action would be taken unless you can prove it - I mean, what’s there to stop a kid with an agenda from reporting another one?</p>
<p>EDIT: It doesn’t change the curve, but it makes one less cheater.
If you care about your score, you should have studied.</p>
<p>So of all of you who claim that the whole room’s tests will become invalidated or that this student himself will be punished for reporting (perhaps by having his own test questioned), how many of you have actually gone through the process yourselves (and not merely read stories that have been repeated over and over, perhaps being exaggerated in the process)? I’m not trying to say any of this WON’T happen, I’m just trying to see how many of these claims are legitimate and valid.</p>
<p>At times I really question how smart you guys are. Though I do not condemn this kid for using a calculator during the exam it’s complete ludicrous to be a little baby and report him because he gained an unfair advantage on a few problems. Thousands of kids take the exam so im pretty certain that this kid getting a couple more questions right is not going to massively affect the curve</p>
<p>Well I refuse to report cheaters so I’ve never gone through the process.</p>
<p>you guys are just jealous that someone had more gall than you to go out and fight the oppression of the college board and took matter into his own hands, leave him alone if he got away with it dont bother reporting it.</p>
<p>On a more serious note not only will your school hate you (reports of cheating often make the collegeboard rescind the schools ability to give exams, thereby having to send students elsewhere for a few years) but they might cancel scores so id be careful plus it was really easy i dont see why anyone would even need a calculator or notes for it anyway</p>
<p>warning. my proctor said that if a person at a school’s scores were called into question, the whole school’s scores might be invalidated. so unless you want to risk being a social pariah, either do it anomynously (which will probably be ignore) or dont tattle at all.</p>
<p>Sure is Melvin in here…</p>
<p>But seriously that’s the proctor’s job not yours. If he was cheating off of YOUR test I could see a case being made but seriously who gives a ****.</p>
<p>Happened at a public school near me last year that my friend went to. Got reported, and my friend was pretty ****ed because they canceled the scores for the everyone taking it. People cheat, its a part of life, get over it; just know that in the long run it will end up screwing them. And yes, your entire school will hate you for reporting it.</p>