@statlanta you’re an idiot, but I’m sure you’ve heard that before</p>
Thanks for all the support, guys 
I’ve called NYCLU and my school is getting nervous. To the Daily News!</p>
Do it! Good luck.</p>
Best of luck to you!</p>
Hell, I signed up to take a test, not to be a proctor. Why waste your valuable time on a test looking for cheaters. I apologize for not jumping on the loyalty Nerd-Herd Bandwagon.</p>
@Statlanta Then will you get off of this thread? He has a legitimate concern and doesn’t require you to heckle him every day. You signed up for the test, great. If you don’t want to join the “Nerd-Herd Bandwagon”, get your a** out of the thread. If you don’t care, why do you post on this thread. So much for not caring.</p>
This was also most likely between sections. If you forget the original post, look at it before you post.</p>
I’m just offering my opinion no need to be so blunt. Why would someone cheat between sections?</p>
They cheat between sections so as to get more time. Good job OP, post a link to the story if it gets published!</p>
@statlanta
Sorry then, your previous posts really bothered me.</p>
I figured you were in NY since no other place has Regents. As a parent of kids who don’t cheat, I applaud you and give you my utmost respect.</p>
I agree that your school should be cracking down on the cheaters but if kids who got in to prestigious schools get revoked in a scandal, the school will look bad and, if you’re in a suburb, the property values could go down.</p>
Where are your parents in all of this? Do they know any lawyers? Is NYCLU actually going to help you? Please post a link to the article.</p>
I wanna know where you live so I can bash your school, or better yet I hope you make national news…lol.</p>
No one has watched or read Freakonomics? If there’s an incentive to cheat or bend the rules, people will do it. It’s human nature and nearly everyone does it. Private schools have an extra incentive to do it because their prestige/ratings/rankings can be dependent on test scores.</p>
^ But why should you encourage that behavior? OP did what he felt was right and he was punished for doing so. The school should not really be defended, unless it was the actions of one - two individuals. The school has huge power on your potential admissions (recommendations/more) so make sure you defend yourself and show your integrity. You’ll come out on top in the end, hopefully.</p>
Can we all just SHUT UP about what’s right and what’s wrong? LETS JUST STAY-TUNED for this to reach the news!</p>
My parents agree with my school >.< the article should be in the News after AP Week.</p>
^WHAT. 10char</p>
Why? Do you mean they agree that you should be kicked out, or that you shouldn’t have told? Because I can get why they’d think the latter, but not the former…</p>
@statlanta: It has nothing to do with opinion, it has to do with the fact that these exams are graded based on a curve and if just one student has any kind of advantage, it definitely CAN and WILL affect the grading on everyone else’s exams. Let’s say this one student out of the entire group of students taking the exam decided not to cheat, then later ended up getting a 3. This is because, relative to how everyone else performed on the test, the student performed at his or her normal level that was at a “level 3” compared to how everyone else did. In a different scenario, this student cheats by having some kind of advantage, whether it be more time or using notes, and later ends up getting a 4. This student receiving a 4 and showing better performance on the exam pushes everyone else’s exams around the grading system; those who showed lower performance would be pushed down even further on the grading curve/scale. </p>
Summary: Cheating on an AP test does affect the results of everyone taking the exam. </p>
@lego606: The OTI is supposed to keep your claim confidential; the fact that they decided to contact your school is a violation on their policy of confidentiality. Furthermore, your school is in violation of following the guidelines and regulations that they’re supposed to follow when distributing this exam. Regardless, you shouldn’t be punished and simply followed suit to what you were supposed to do in the situation. If legal matters take place, you have an advantage both against the OTI and against your school. This is really unfortunate and I hope everything works out for you.</p>
i’m on the fence, leaning towards this argument. i don’t understand what good can come from almost ruining some kid’s life (depending on his other grades). that’s a little ridiculous that you would call the OTI, but i also don’t understand why your school would expel you.</p>
The OP defiantly did the right thing. Think about it this way: Since the AP test is curved, for every kid that cheats and does better on the AP test, some other kid is going to get a lower grade or fail.</p>
As for those of you who said that the OP should have just kept quite, what if someone else decided to report? In mass cheating cases like this, (almost like Prisoner’s dilemma), the best choice is to report. The chances of someone else reporting and getting everyone in trouble (including you if you decided not to report) is too high.
(Note: I’m not advocating doing what is most beneficial towards self, I’m just trying to give a logical explanation, vs ethical reasons which seem to keep getting shot down.)</p>
Plus, this is going to make great material for college admissions/job interviews.</p>