<p>what if someone was caught cheating in high school?
would Chicago let in someone who was caught cheating?</p>
<p>If they found out about it, I’d say probably not. It’s a real testament to your character, and if a person had to cheat to do well in high school, he/she would probably die at UChicago. </p>
<p>Moral of the story, don’t cheat. It’s not cool.</p>
<p>Seems like cheating wouldn’t fit the character of any chicago kids. God forbid you get caught cheating at Caltech; you’d get ripped a new one in a matter of seconds</p>
<p>Cheating is bad, naturally. It’s not going to help your chances. But it’s not the most important thing. Admission officers aren’t out to punish you for every little mistake you’ve ever made. A solid application with no further cheating and good recs (and letter of explanation) should be good enough. It’s not really even that big of a deal to cheat in high school. I think they are all well aware that many more people cheat and just don’t get caught.</p>
<p>Denise Clark Pope (Stanford) reports that cheating by top students in high school is common and widespread. It is much less common for average or poorer performing students. She reports that students often don’t consider things such as copying someone else’s homework, or calling a friend for an answer on a problem set as cheating. My guess is admission folks know this and if there is heartfelt remorse, it may not hurt too much.</p>
<p>It definitely depends on the seriousness, but I would be shocked if anything that is unequivocally cheating didn’t really hurt your chances. Many exams here are unsupervised or even take-home without being open book or collaborative, so academic honesty is a pretty big deal, and getting suspended over these things is not entirely hard to do if you try.</p>
<p>It was just homework. But I wasn’t the one copying it was my friend who was copying my hw.</p>
<p>^^ Oh god. Copying homework in high school is a joke. That doesn’t even constitute cheating in my eyes. Copying homework straight in college may be more serious, since some courses are graded based on problem sets, but even in those, collaboration in most schools is encouraged.</p>
<p>My school doesn’t even send permanent records. Check with your counselor to see if your school does the same.</p>