College Discussion - View Single Post - Defy The College Board's rules at your OWN risk!

Trinity · 05-07-2007, 07:57 PM

Every year, we have to repeat the warnings regarding blatant and continuous violations of the rules created by The College Board. Please read what happened to students in 2004!

We have to ask all of you to respect the instructions without exception. Do not expect College Confidential to keep on deleting posts that could endanger YOUR scores. It is up to you.

However, please be aware that we will not tolerate blatant disregard of the instructions, and that repeated offenses will result in permanent banning!

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By Tri_N (Tri_N) on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 11:27 pm: Edit

Hello guys,

As you have known, I've been a frequent poster on this message board for a long time. Two days ago, I'd finished taken the AP Calc exam and felt that the exam was challenging. On the exam itself, there were few questions that I thought were questionable. Hurried to learn others' perspectives on the exam, I found a thread called the Official Calc BC thread and posted several questions regarding the exam before the 48 hours deadline. ETS has a strict enforcement on this agreement and I'd violated the agreement by sharing some undisclosed information that could encourage cheating. The moderator warned me of this startling fact but I ignored his heeding, believing that ETS can't trace the nick back to me. Well, I've been exposed and will possibly face the consequences. According to the rules, ETS will cancel all of my AP scores and forbid me from taking any more AP exam.

I'm not here to preach to you guys about the consequences of your actions because all of you are smart individuals who consistently make decisions in your lives. I understand that the emotion can be overwhelming after an AP exam and your action can be a spurt in the moment. As you read my post, I hope you will refrain from disclosing any AP material and abide by the 48 hours agreement. As a victim, I'll likely face the consequences but you don't have to face this fate. While I think that the 48 hours rule is unnecessary, I think we should be courteous and control ourselves for two days. My action may aid others in cheating or it may not but countless students, including the handicaps, will waste at least 30 mins-1 hours by exchanging test booklets because of a few keystrokes. The rule and the consequences are certainly important but let's remember our purpose. As we strive day after in the classroom, our goal is to ace the exam and receive the college credit. We pay a hefty sum to take this exam and it would be a shame to throw away our effort and good money because we can't control ourselves. I hope that my sacrifice will be fruitful for future references. Good day.