Will my score be cancelled?

During my AP US History test today, someone’s phone beeped. If we had a bag or a purse, we were told to set it in the back away from the actual testing area. The phone beeped twice, and everyone who had a bag kept in the vicinity of where the beeps came from were told to stay after so that the proctors could figure out whose phone it was. My purse was one of the ones in the area, so I was one of the ones who had to stay after.

I will admit, and I did admit, that my phone was turned on, which was, in hindsight, not a smart move. But to my credit, the phone (it’s an iPhone) was on both silent and Do Not Disturb mode, and my earbuds were plugged into the headphone jack, so even if I hadn’t had Do Not Disturb mode on, the very least it could have done was vibrate. However, because my phone was on, and because no one would come forward and admit it was their phone, my name, as well as everyone else who had a cell phone that was turned on, is being reported.

After the test, I had one text from my mom and 13 Twitter notifications. The phone beeped twice, not only once, not 13 times. And the sound was not something that would come from my phone. My text alert and ringtone are the default Apple ones.

However, I can’t prove any of this. The proctor told me that I would be contacted sometime this summer for my side of the story either via phone call or e-mail, so you can see the problem there. All I have is my word, but then again, they can’t prove that it was, in fact, my phone, either.

So my question is: am I innocent until proven guilty or guilty until proven innocent? Because there is not enough evidence, does this mean everyone who had their phone on will get their score cancelled, or will none of us?

Wait, you ARE guilty. The rules say that your phone should not even be in the room, and yours was in the room and on. Whether or not your phone beeped isn’t the rule; the rule is that yours needs to be elsewhere…

From the College Board site: “What NOT to Bring to the Exam Room**
§ Electronic equipment (cell phone, smartphone, laptop,
tablet computer, etc.), portable listening or recording
devices (MP3 player, iPod®, etc.), cameras or other
photographic equipment, devices that can access the
internet, and any other electronic or communication
devices. School-owned recording devices and equipment
are allowed only for the AP French, German, Italian, and
Spanish Language …”
from
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-student-bulletin-2017-18.pdf

As to how they’ll handle it, no one on this forum can say; that’s up to College Board.

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