<p>this is like someone i know. lol. she still went to harvard =/</p>
<p>I'm not going to lie on here. I've definitely had my run ins with cheating. I used to tape all the formulas and notes for geometry inside my calculator cover (you know how it has two parts the part you slip the calculator in). And it actually worked. I also stole a set of quizzes for an English Novel we were supposed to read. I've copied homework, one of my friends even stole a Final Exam for a class that we had together.</p>
<p>Whether teachers know this or not, it's most likely at my school they don't care. Most of my teachers just want to get the day over with. It's kind of sad, but who cares. If you realize teachers play favorites also and students can play there way out of anything at our school. But anyways back on to the point, i really don't think it's going to bite me in college when I think about all the projects I have done, or all the papers I have done, or when realizing that cheating is not the way and I had to work my ass off to maintain my GPA. Alot of the kids at my school realize that I cheat, but they just learn from me, they ask me how I do it. I guess it's not something to be proud of.</p>
<p>I'm still #2 in my class, behind a girl who doesn't cheat, so good for her, lol. But she is moving back to Colombia anyways so I should vacate the number one spot soon. I don't think I'm going to cheat near as much next year, but I'm definitely not putting it past myself. High school is just learning lies, telling lies, and manipulating people.</p>
<p>The OP never elaborated on it, but if her friends are helping her cheat, wouldn't they eventually turn on her? She is basically feeding off of them and statistically becoming successful b/c of it.</p>
<p>don't be mad because you're not as crafty as she is.</p>
<p>omg, it's amazing the things people confess to when they think they're under this veil of anonymity. Remember, this is a college forum, so cheating is not something to be proud of. If you haven't heard this, a lot of college professors don't let you make up tests if you miss them. Even if you're sick, some are so strict that they'll still give you a 0.</p>
<p>Oh, and fyi it's tough to earn back the respect when people realize you do these kind of things</p>
<p>Well, I hope that her recs won't be good. In the chance that she does get into the school, she'll probably get bit in the behind. Anyways, I feel for you OP it does seem unfair...actually it IS unfair..but everything in life is unfair *sigh...this is when i feel nostalgic towards elementary school days when everyone got the same amount of cookies and juice lol...</p>
<p>Now, I'm super curious why she isn't punished for this? Is it b/c there is no evidence? Or, even juicer, she's the principal's daughter or something?</p>
<p>as for my example, every teacher hated this girl who sounded like the person OP is describing, except for 2 of them. who absolutely positively loved her.</p>
<p>im sure that the person ranked ahead of the OP doesnt come to school EVERY times there is a test like the post says. I mean, if you guys are taking 5 classes then there must be tests on almost a weekly basis during the school year and there is no way a person can miss that much school.
It may be unethical to skip school, but just try to study harder and beat the cheater. As long as the person who is cheating isnt finding out what was on the test when he/she is absent, there is no reason why you cant score higher even though you have one less day to study.</p>
<p>well, the person im thinking about did. she had some made-up disease that her parents diagnosed her with because they're both doctors</p>
<p>yeah people do this all the time -.- except most teachers are smart and give these absentees a different test or... don't give the tests back until everyone has made it up.</p>
<p>lol grade inflati0n..do u honestly think her parents falsely diagnosed her so she can rightfully miss a lot of days of school and cheat on the tests...dude maybe your just jealous at her success</p>
<p>i think u gotta realize in life...life is not about GPA...there's more to it in life..."she" may get into a better college than you...that's unfortunate...but in the long run it's not so bad...karma baby, karma</p>
<p>You overestimate the maturity, morality, and honesty of parents. They have many reasons to want her to get into the best college possible.</p>
<p>I'd have to agree that strategically missing a few days here and there (as long as you're not getting test questions from other people, which apparently this girl does) isn't really akin to full-on cheating, but if it's as common an occurrence as you say it is, something about it will get through to the university-- be it in a teacher rec, a counselor's statement, or just in her attendance record.
Be proud that you have better time management skills than she does and that you don't need to buy yourself extra time to do well.</p>
<p>stop caring about other people.. deep down everyone cares for themselves, and that is what you should do.</p>
<p>you can't control other people's actions.. you can only manipulate your reaction to those..</p>
<p>Maybe you're at a disadvantage because of your lack of skill in the English language?</p>
<p>^ That's cruel.</p>
<p>I'm just saying that maybe the OP should have his/her nose in his/her own business instead of someone else's business. </p>
<p>That's too complicated though; apparently everything's a competition.</p>
<p>Nothing you can do about it, unless you want to become a cheater to beat the game.</p>