<p>Today I found out that I am being accused of being Academic Dishonest in my ELECTIVE class, Electronic Music. I sent a kid a file an in class project and he turned it in as is so we had the same mistakes and obviously are going to get caught. I have NO idea why I gave it to him. </p>
<p>Anyways now my teacher is telling me I have facing getting a 0 on the assignment which will bring me down from an A... to an F for the quarter. I had an A for the first quarter so he tells me that I will get a C for the semester and will pass which is good. </p>
<p>Is that a joke? I have never gotten a C in my life, and I am suppose to be happy with that? I understand there should be a consequence. Give me all the Saturday detentions all you want... because 2 letter grades?? Come on... </p>
<p>I am most likely going to be called down to the Dean's office tomorrow, what do you all think I should say?</p>
<p>Apologize, and take the C. Be contrite. Seriously, you KNOW you screwed up, so accept the consequences which may or may not include rejection from colleges that you dreamed of.</p>
<p>You think because it’s an optional class you should be let off? What’s there to stop you from cheating in other classes? It’s not the fact that cheating is about your academics. It reflects on your CHARACTER. And colleges hate people with bad character.</p>
<p>Thing is, I did all of the work guys. I didn’t copy anyone, I just sent int naively to someone in the class. I’ll take Saturday detentions for the rest of the school year, whatever it takes for me to not get a C in that class… I would be happy with a B even.</p>
<p>Yeah he asked me for it and would throughout the semester. I guess I finally gave in and sent him a file…</p>
<p>I am also scared about that mark, although, I heard that colleges can’t get any disciplinary information on their students excluding suspensions and expulsions… </p>
<p>I dug myself into a hole for someone that isn’t even my friend. So stupid. I just wish there was some leniency in the system… I don’t cheat and don’t give away my work. Ugh.</p>
<p>Maybe try and talk to him. Like sincerely, bashfully, etc. ADMIT that you made a mistake, that it won’t happen again, that you’d LOVE the opportunity for extra credit, but that you understand if it’s not possible.</p>
<p>If you make yourself seem like a victim, maybe you’ll get let off a little easier. REALLY try and communicate with this teacher… tell him you’re not a bad student or a bad person, just a stupid or naive one sometimes.</p>
<p>Well, some schools ask on applications if you have ever been accused of academic dishonesty…</p>
<p>^Your counselor will probably be required to mark it. </p>
<p>I know a bunch of people who have been marked for academic dishonesty because they shared their work with others. You could try talking to the teacher, but they don’t take cheating very lightly…</p>
<p>Yo, that really sucks. Why did you send it to him anyway? You wouldn’t Just send him. Did he ask you to send him so he can get an idea of how it’s done?
I can’t really say it’s all your fault but you did screw up by being stupid. Beg the school, get your parents to talk to them, get your friend to confess to the school and try everything to get out of it… You can make up for your C but the mark will hurt you.
I hope you don’t get it. Good luck :(</p>
<p>I had this class in the morning and I already went in to talk to him during my lunch after class. He said that hes going to “play around with numbers” and “help me out”. I don’t see why he would go to the Deans office and report this if he was helping me out, he could have solved this solution on his own. </p>
<p>About the mark, I am all done with applying to colleges so I didn’t lie on my applications… I just hope nothing comes out of this.</p>
<p>Just so you know, some schools puts disciplinary actions on their transcripts. u might want to find tht out. You need to just take it. I got caught giving my answers on a chem test my sophomore year for an extremely similar situation as yourself. It was a dumb mistake and I have definitely learned from it. I got a referral and half credit on my test (which I got 100 on, so i just got a 50, which still gave me an A in the class). I feel like i was let off easy and im extremely thankful. I’m going off to ivy next year, so just let it be a lesson. If you get a C or not, this is a good lesson. There are no shortcuts in life.</p>
<p>You screwed yourself. Don’t ever send a file in its entirety. Your flippant “it’s just an elective class” tells me that you’ve failed to grasp the true gravity of your mistake. Guess what? Be happy you’re getting a C. At my old high school, you would’ve gotten a 0 and suspended if not expelled. </p>
<p>At most colleges, you’re automatically dismissed and you lose your tuition money. Plus, you will not get hired at a decent job and most other colleges will not accept you. </p>
<p>And lifegr is correct. Counselors are required to report things such as this to most colleges.</p>
<p>OP, you made a mistake but you are in no way completely “screwed” as other posters have been saying (unless we’re talking HYPS but thats a different deal altogether). It depends on how your counselor will handle it in his/her letter. Some schools do not release disciplinary letters and use their own school report form (mine does). Does your school release disciplinary records cause that could make a big difference?</p>
<p>Then they would question why you didn’t go to the teacher/counselor/principal before or after. </p>
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<p>Dropping the class won’t drop the charge nor will it drop the note that is probably now on transcripts. Generally, you need a compelling reason to drop a class (from the very few high schools that allow you to drop a grade at all). This is not a compelling reason. </p>
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<p>I wasn’t aware that classes had sexual orientations. Please, I am curious as to how you discover this, because I have taken literally hundreds of classes and was never aware that a class was gay, straight, bi, or anything else on the LGBT spectrum.</p>
<p>Oh please, no college is going to care if you get a C in a class that isn’t a part of your school’s core curriculum. You should be grateful that you’re even getting that. Sharing information with someone else is considered academic dishonesty in ALL universities. If found guilty of academic dishonesty in the University that I go to, you would be expelled and wouldn’t be eligible to receive a transcript from them for five years. You should also know that credits expire after seven years, so you’d end up losing them all in the end. You need to learn from your mistake, and that’s what they’re trying to make you do before it’s too late.</p>
<p>I am well aware of what cheating can bring upon someone in college. I just thought this was a petty assignment, considerably similar to a homework assignment-- I was mistake and was informed that it was a lot of points. I don’t see how my teacher came to that conclusion since the assignment took me 30 minutes to do. Anyhow, I truly regret it since I am not even friends with the kid and have no intentions of being one. I guess it was just really early in the morning right after break and I wasn’t thinking straight.</p>