Evan05

LINK ---> 7 students arrested in SAT cheating scheme - US news - Crime & courts - msnbc.com

"A college student flew home to New York to impersonate high schoolers who paid him to take the SAT on their behalf, and even took the exam twice in one weekend under different identities, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Between 2010 and 2011, six students at Long Island's Great Neck North High School paid Sam Eshaghoff, 19, between $1,500 and $2,500 each to take the SAT for them, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said."

machinima

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WOAH

Well, at least I could do the ultimate cheating that no one does....





























Study. They'll never find out I say!

glido

Reportedly, a lot of money changed hands. That is more than cheating, it is fraudulent scheming. Can anyone say "gap year"?

Roger_Dooley

I have to believe that this kind of fraud happens more frequently than we think. The ease with which this guy pulled off the scam suggests others could do it, too. The only catch with physical impersonation is that it doesn't scale very well. One "expert" can only take one test for one person at a time.

GoBlue81

How do you take the exam twice in one weekend?

parentofpeople

There are circumstances where Sunday tests are offered for religious reasons

Somehow I thought the purchased scores would have been higher. I realize that those are very good scores, but still. I guess they were hoping that they wouldn't be so high as to raise suspicion?

bluebayou

I agree with Roger. I have no doubt that 'cheating' occurs frequently, particularly since there is essentially no penalty; CB just cancels the scores. Re-take.. Indeed, one of the big reasons that CB cancelled it's prior Score Choice program was cheating. (Sign up for two ST's, and spend ~2 hours taking one test and then cancel the other. Next test date, reverse.) And, I have no doubt that the No-Score-Choice colleges are trying to inhibit cheating.

greyhaired

When you put a disproportionate valuation on a standardized test instead of doing the hard work of evaluating the individual you will create a market for such services.

Brave Ulysses

This is an affront to the millions of honest test takers!
I hope they are dealt with harshly , and kids are expelled from their colleges.

OCELITE

What happen to technology? Perhaps the testing agencies should have a fingerprint scanner at the table. That will solve the problem.

BigBadDad

There's a new show on USA called SUITS that has a main character who used to be paid by people to take their LSAT for them. The show is entertaining, this real life story certainly isn't. My children work awfully hard to prepare for their PSAT and SAT test dates. It really bugs me that they allow the kids to sit for the test again for free. You'd nip this in the bud if you got caught and were red-flagged to not be able to take the test in the future.

hazelorb

With the GRE and/or a couple of other post grad/teaching licensure tests, we were fingerprinted. Collegeboard get on it.

deadwonders

i knew 4 of those kids. *****. they are gettting ****ed.
there school is like 10 minutes away from where i live.

XX55XX

Really? What's going to happen to them? You know? What sort of punishment will it be?

needstostudy

Hehe... This reminds me of "Suits"
Love that show!! (;