elphiee

On the first essay portion, I continued to finish my sentence after time was called. The proctor from outside the door called me out on it and dismissed my test. She also intimidated me into signing something she wrote saying that I was cheating on the test. I do realize that was cheating, make no mistake, but I also don't think that it was so bad that I should be blacklisted from collegeboard and such.

My question is what should I do? I was retaking my SAT because I was sick the last time I took it and did substantially lower than I should've (I'm in the 2300s range, and I got a 2140), and I'm worried that this will invalidate any future high scores I get. Will it show that my test was dismissed because of cheating? Also, does anyone know if they notify colleges or my school? And should I cancel the score myself or just let collegeboard take care of that?

mitchklong

Contact college board and ask these questions. Explain your situation as you did here, honestly and without emotion. What you dont want to do is not respond to it and let this just sit out there.

Obviously each situation is different and im not the one making the decision, but from what you described dismissing your test score should be the extent of their action.

Lelyke

Wow you guys have strict proctors, I was about 30 seconds in the next section still trying to answer a passage question and my proctor came and said "flip over". And that was it, no blacklisting or anything. If you were about 3-4 minutes in the next section, then that is reasonable. If not that's harsh.

ptontiger13

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drusba

Being caught violating the rules in taking a test results in your test being cancelled after the incident is investigated (you could if you choose cancel before the score comes out and thus not wait for the result of the investigation). It has no impact on your ability to take a future test and the College Board does not mention anything to the colleges about the cancelled test.

A different issue is what your proctor intends to do with whatever you signed, since CB neither requires nor suggests that the proctor prepare any special written document that you are then compelled to sign admitting cheating. If that proctor is someone from your school, my concern would be that she intends to put it in your high school record for some purpose that is unrelated to taking another test.

elphiee

Alright, thanks. And I didn't go over the time limit by a lot, perhaps a minute or two; we had just started the instructions on the next section when a proctor told me to get out and dismissed my test.

Lelyke

That's harsh! You didn't have to sign the paper you know, he already seized your exam, what else could he have done? I'll suggest you register late for the November test and take your subject tests in December or you take the ACT either way you'll make it in time for RD with the exception of ED of course. I'm so sorry they seized your exam paper.

emberjed

Enough people do that around here that it wouldn't even be considered cheating. It's a reasonable rule, but it needn't be enforced like that.

minaahn16

shesh...thats rough/

Wood5440

If you knew that the person who edged you out for admission had cheated on their test, would you still think rule enforcement was harsh?