true or false lol
Man, this sounds like an absolute nightmare. As a fellow freshman navigating the pre-med stress myself, I can’t even imagine how frustrating it is to be accused based on a medical condition you literally can’t control. It’s wild how eyewitness testimony is treated as ‘hard evidence’ in a 300-person lecture hall.
Honestly, if the Dean and the Pre-med director are on your side, that’s a huge win. Don’t let the ‘institutional action’ label mess with your head too much—staying logical and keeping your GPA up is the best revenge right now. Really hoping this gets cleared up for you
Thank you! Yeah, you’d think the second I get 8 more questions wrong (can’t even say I was purposely changing answers to not look suspicious because that was like… 10% of the exam) they’d drop it but instead they came up with a bs charge of “he looked and didn’t copy the answers”… like what was I doing then? “Oh cool, my answers are so much more fun”
OP- some friendly advice- your cavalier attitude won’t do you any favors with the people who are going to decide whether you are getting a light smack on the wrist or more serious consequences. So drop the attitude.
You don’t know what to do? Accused of cheating but you didn’t? Show the folks in charge that you take allegations of cheating seriously; that you take the honor code seriously; that you would be happy to take a retest in a private room with a proctor so you can put this matter to rest.
I’ve found your narrative a little hard to follow (a medical issues that you haven’t told anyone about?) but the gist is that you didn’t do it and you expect people to assume that your jokey affect means that of course you didn’t do it because there are so many mitigating factors (neck injury, you couldn’t even see your neighbors paper, whatever).
Take this seriously and make it go away.
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That was the first thing I said when accused of this. I offered to take the test again in front of the faculty accusing me, or explain how I got to every single answer on spot. I got basically the same grade on both my exams, the second one which I took at a testing center in the most secure environment (88.75 on this, 90 on the second).
I have no problem with the subject, and getting 10% more wrong questions than my neighbor they’re accusing me of cheating off of, I thought would’ve ought to put the matter to rest.
It’s not that I haven’t told anyone about my medical issue, it’s that I didn’t feel as if there’s any accommodation that could help. I mean, I have shoulder pain and posture issues because of the awkwardness, but not like walking over 20+ minutes to the testing center when I have a class back to back for all day solves it.
I have been taking this as seriously as possible. I literally hopped up on zoloft and xanax because my anxiety got so bad and lost like 15 lbs lol.
It actually does solve the problem if the professor and TAs would otherwise be scrutinizing your every move during the next exam. If you have a diagnosed medical condition – trust me – this is a way to save yourself a lot of trouble. (I’m a professor, and I’m more than happy to work with my students to get the accommodations that will help them succeed – that includes working with our disability services to make sure they have appropriate testing settings, even for disabilities that might be less obvious or temporary. In your case, taking a test in a different setting could save you from an accusation in the future that would have a more profound effect on your record. Seems worth a 20-minute walk to me.)
What is the medical condition? I might have missed it. If this is not documented by an MD, I think you can leave it out of any arguments. I think even without the medical condition, you have a good case. Especially since your answers don’t match anyone near you. But using an undocumented medical condition might actually hurt your case because it affects credibility.
I have spinal fractures, spinal stenosis, and some migraine-type issues on the left side as well as myelopathy and radiculopathy on the left side. None of this would force me to look to the right so I did wonder about your explanation.
If your medical condition forces you to turn your head in one direction, then seating you where your turned head would be facing a wall or window rather than other students might have been a reasonable accommodation.
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Or being seated in the back row- alone- where there is no possibility of seeing anyone else’s desk. The disability coordinator at your college understands that professors sometimes need to get creative and step out of their comfort zone to make things work for a student with a medical condition.
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I have a chronic left shoulder pain due to recovery from a labral cuff, I just kinda lean towards my right because the shoulder feels “loose” and I feel as if I need more support there
It is documented by MD, along with a PT that I met.
Yeah, I initially sat one seat across (as I try to do in every test to avoid all this…) but someone came in late and pushed me in 
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This is how the disability office can help you! There is no reason why you cannot have a seat “reserved” for every exam (or indeed, every lecture if classrooms are a problem as well).
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If you “lean” that does not mean you turn your neck. Did they blame you for leaning or for turning your neck? I believe you but I just think you need to evaluate whether this problem is relevant. It is relevant for accommodations of course.
I actually can’t figure that out LOL they just said “I was looking at his exam” (nope, I’m being deadass, no details, just that line). So I’m assuming it was my leaning, but I got no clue either. If it sounds BS, I wouldn’t lie here, just take my word, I can’t believe it either 
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