<p>Hello all, </p>
<p>I was just meandering around youtube and found a video about a kid who had taken the SAT numerous times for other people. After thinking about this situation, it made me wonder if I knew any people who had either taken a test for someone else or who had a test taken for them. How prevalent do you guys think this problem is? I mean, lets be honest. Getting by proctors is not a problem because creating a fake school ID is so easy. I feel like the real risk would be with College Board and the investigation process. I would never actually do this because of the massive risk involved and I already got my desired score. It makes me wonder though. If this is as easy as it sounds, I could have taken the easy way out and raised my score from a 1800 to a 2200+ without any studying. What do you guys think the chances would be that the Collegeboard would catch someone who scored a 1900 and increased it to a 2200 with someone else taking it for them? I hope this kind of stuff doesn't happen a lot because it cheats kids who work hard. I didn't even know this type of thing was possible. </p>
<p>The collegeboard is sometimes able to detect and flag tests that seem suspicious. However, if they do catch many people, they keep it relatively quiet…</p>
<p>I would say don’t even think about it. You could ruin your life by getting blackballed from universities, not to mention any possible legal repercussions.
I’m not going to base my argument on ethics, since that would have stopped you already :). My parents used to tell me that if something seems to good to be true, it probably is. Do you think that if students could raise “their” score by 400+ points and it was “easy” not to get caught, it would be prevalent enough that you would hear about it. As some in admissions say, college is a “match to be made, not a prize to be won.” Even if you get away with it, you may find that you will end up in a school that is not right for you and damage your academic future. When they catch the person who cheats for you, and I’m guessing they will, you think he will keep quiet, or do you think he will co-operate with the authorities in exchange for a lighter prison sentence?</p>
<p>^ clearly you are uninformed, as kids take the test multiple times without getting caught. And yeah, don’t worry. I’m not thinking about it. I’ve already taken the SAT and gotten my goal score. And technically no one goes to jail in these scenarios unless they forged an actual ID that is issued by the government. If you put your picture on a school ID, that is not criminal impersonation. lol</p>
<p>@blakeballer22
“^ clearly you are uninformed, as kids take the test multiple times without getting caught.”</p>
<p>I guess I can see why you are so afraid of the SAT, particularly the reading comprehension section. I never said every single person who does it gets caught. People get away with a lot of crimes, but I do not think it is wise for you to risk it. </p>
<p>Also, you can read “20 New York Students Arrested in SAT Cheating Scandal” - if it’s not a crime, what were they charged with?</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/111128/how-cheat-sat-exams-act-exam-great-neck-long-island”>http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/111128/how-cheat-sat-exams-act-exam-great-neck-long-island</a></p>
<p>Getting to the legal issues of it, is the school in question a public school or private school?</p>
<p><a href=“http://kaseanddruker.com/blog/cheating-on-the-sat-a-moral-or-legal-crime/”>http://kaseanddruker.com/blog/cheating-on-the-sat-a-moral-or-legal-crime/</a>
“From a criminal law perspective, it would appear that Nassau County District Attorney, Kathleen Rice has appropriate jurisdiction to charge the individuals in this case. Fundamentally, altering a public school ID card is a criminal act as it is government issued.” In fairness to your point, the article goes on to question whether it should be that way, but the fact is that you could be charged with a crime. </p>
<p>Therefore, perhaps YOU are uninformed. There’s no free lunch.</p>