@maijala You made a choice to cheat, you got caught and you choose to ask for advice on a public discussion thread…and now your getting irritated because your getting responses you don’t like? Really? Here’s the question…would you have admitted cheating if you didn’t get caught? Or would you have considered yourself lucky and moved on?
I am simply asking you to take a look at why you cheated…not just the fact that you got caught cheating. And yes, I believe asking if this is your first time cheating is a good question. Have you been caught before but the consequences weren’t this great?
College/life is stressful and you will be judged based on the decisions you make, good or bad. And no, you are not the sum of you mistakes.
When I give recruitment presentations at colleges, I speak with the students about the three C’s. Those are Credit, Character and Criminal history. Now-a-days all three must be clean to get your foot in the door.