<p>What schools are known to have really honest student bodies? Does this come as a result as special policies that the school implements that de-incentivize cheating, or from the kind of students that tend to end up there?</p>
<p>Washington & Lee def. sticks to its honour code, high quality stuff there :)</p>
<p>Haverford is a Quaker school with a very strong honor code. Exams are not proctored, and bikes and laptops don't seem to get stolen.</p>
<p>oh! try Brigham Young (if you're down with the Mormom scene ;)</p>
<p>interesting question, i would surmise that schools to top the list would be</p>
<p>Brigham Young (already mentioned)</p>
<p>Notre Dame</p>
<p>any of the military academies</p>
<p>University of Chicago (they take academics so seriously, no reason to cheat, it's fun)</p>
<p>Deep Springs (if you consider it a typical college)</p>
<p>also Hampden Sydney, all boys school in virginia, has a very strong honor code.. how stricty it's followed? i don't know</p>
<p>Davidson has a strict honor code which I hear actually works well - involves students as well as faculty.
<a href="http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x17371.xml%5B/url%5D">http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x17371.xml</a></p>
<p>I agree that Haverford College along with Bryn Mawr College are good places to look... both have an Honor Code and believe firmly in their Quaker traditions (although they aren't Quaker anymore).</p>
<p>i have to add, although we are mentioning schools that, ostensibly, have a reputation for "strong moral integrity" really any school in the top 30 or so is likely going to have very little cheating. At all elite universities, academics are seen as important, and dishonesty is taken very seriously. you find very little incidence of cheating at any highly-regarded school (at least at my own and from what i garner from my friends).</p>
<p>i hope the college i go to has an honor code</p>
<p>no need to study</p>
<p>matter a fact no need to take the test. just pay someone that studied to take it for you</p>
<p>Connecticut College's honor code permeates through the entire campus</p>
<p>caltech has a honor code</p>
<p>Yeah, if you're cheating at UChicago.... you're really wasting your time.</p>
<p>Perhaps a school that de-emphasizes grades or double-emphasizes work is another option. I imagine that Reed, too, would have minimal cheating, as it de-emphasizes grades, has lots of work that demands originality, and also has an honor code.</p>
<p>Everyone is talking about honor codes, but I don't see a necessary link between honor codes and no cheating, as I don't see how honor codes prevent anyone from cheating. Correct me if college honor codes have some special caveat that answers this concern. </p>
<p>Cheating is seen by most as dishonorable, regardless of whether that dishonor is formally codified or not, and I'm certain that it carries very heavy consequences, if one is caught, at every college. Yet, people still cheat, insofar as they believe they can get away with it.</p>
<p>And since, at least from what I've witnessed, the majority of cheating 1) happens sporadically, and 2) goes uncaught, I'm sure plenty of occasional cheaters make their way up the ranks of the US News list, maybe in decreasing frequency as the list goes up.</p>
<p>what is your definition of cheating?</p>
<p>i have seen quite a few people copy problem sets off of each other. we're encouraged to work together, so if you have the same answer as your classmate, it isn't considered cheating. and there are so many different TFs that if you were cheating, you prolly wouldn't get caught. it would just suck for you once the exam rolled around...</p>
<p>Going around the rules. ex: hidden notes on tests, paying people to write papers, putting a ti-89 inside of a ti-84, etc.</p>
<p>I wouldn't consider that example cheating, because "working together" is pretty vague and there's no system of rules or punishments that defines the boundary between working together and just straight copying. The issue is a bit blurred when it comes to take-home tests, but theoretically those should be hard enough that you'd be hard pressed to find someone to completely cheat off of.</p>
<p>Definately second the comment on Davidson. After S and D visited in February, the honor code was very impressive ( after talking with students in activities center. </p>
<p>Our twins are looking at Rhodes- we have talked with 2 students there who speak highly of their honor system. Furman as well.</p>
<p>What school doesn't have a honor code? </p>
<p>The military academies. Immediate expulsion from anyone who cheats and students who knew about the cheating, but didn't report it. If the officers are lenient, one year suspension with other punishments imposed. Can't get more strict than that.</p>
<p>Hampden-Sydney College
Davidson College
Wahington & Lee
Virginia Military Institute
The Citadel</p>
<p>People cheat in college?! <em>GASP</em></p>