<p>I have a friend who took the SATs on October 4th in Hong Kong. She wasn't familiar enough with the rules of the SAT, so when she finished early on the Math sections of the test, moved forward before the time was called.</p>
<p>The proctors, doing their job, found out. My friend honestly did not know the procedure (but that's not an excuse, eh?) yet she has had her test revoked. </p>
<p>That's fair- but my question is: will this incident be recorded on her transcripts? We're hoping that there is a difference between intentional cheating and pure ignorance of the rules.</p>
<p>Does, (or HOW) will this affect her getting into colleges?</p>
<p>Isn't the proctor supposed to read the rules before the exam begins? It states clearly that you are not allowed to move about the sections. It would seem to me that it is still error on her part as she did not listen? Best bet would be to contact CB.</p>
<p>I had two friends take the SAT in Hong Kong...</p>
<p>Yeah, the proctors should have read the rules. No this will not be recorded on transcripts. I don't think this would be recorded on score reports either, but I'm not sure. Ask CB?</p>
<p>I think the only way this would affect her getting into colleges would be if she didn't take the SAT again. Since CollegeBoard is a separate entity from colleges and universities, so I don't think it would affect college admissions.</p>
<p>you will get a letter from ETS (painful personal experience) saying that your score got canceled for so and so reasons. If it was a serious reason then it will say you will not get another chance to take the test. if it's not severe, it will say you will be permitted to take it in upcoming months. depending on what the proctor wrote to the ETS, ETS will judge differently if it was a severe case of cheating or a minor case of cheating. I was not banned from ETS and i have heard numerous cases from my SAT teacher where people got blatantly caught but did not have problems getting into college. so good luck.</p>
<p>this is one of those growing controversies. I think all the stuff u have with ETS are confidential. They can't release anything without ur permission. Colleges can't request ur scores, u have to send them out. This includes test score cancellation. All colleges see is that ur scores were canceled (if u took another one, and sent them in). It could be b/c u were sick, cheating, u called in to cancel....etc. </p>
<p>The proctor of my exam read the direction directly from the administrator's booklet. Every section ended with, "Pencils down. Do not work on the next section until I tell you to do so. Turn your answer booklet to section ____. At no time is it permitted to work on another section..."</p>
<p>If most of the people on here had the opportunity to use surplus time to work on future or previous sections there'd be a lot more 2400s this year.</p>
<p>if proctor didnt say anything, i blame the proctor. if proctor said the rules but your friend didnt listen out of pure ignorance then your friends fault.</p>
<p>I think getting banned by ETS is more along the lines of real cheating. Like sharing answers or trying to contact other people during the test. She most likely will not get banned for this, so don't worry too much.</p>
<p>The test will be recorded as canceled, and colleges will always inquire as to why they were canceled. You can tell her to lie and say that she believed her scores to be low, or you could just tell her to tell the truth. Either way, if it really was an honest mistake, colleges aren't going to overly punish her for it.</p>
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<p>The actual rules I believe are that she had to have her score cancelled and it's supposed to go on her record. But most people don't go that far. Most proctors understand that it's a stressful test and let is slide.</p>