Accused of cheating

throwaway9138
Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:13:28 +0000

Throwaway for obvious reasons.

My scores have been delayed for a while now (Nov. 7), and I just found out why today. ETS accused me of cheating, although my proctor never told me anything or gave me any information about when to stop. I took the Chinese w/Listening test, and I don’t even think there was any indication to stop on the test. If there was, I didn’t see it, and I continued working like the rest of my class was.

Here’s what I got from ETS:

"ETS is considering canceling your scores because it was reported that you worked on a section of the test during the time allotted for another section.

ETS has not yet made a final decision concerning this matter. No action will be taken until hyou have responded to this letter or December 29, 2015, whichever comes first. Meanwhile, you can provide us with any additional information in the form of a written statement that will help explain the information noted above. If you have not notified us by that date, your scores wil be canceled."

I would never cheat on a test, especially not on one as important as an SAT Subject test. When the proctor announced to the class that we would have to stop working after finishing the first section, I immediately stopped working. At that time, I had only finished one or possibly two questions from the second section. I finished the test with around 2-3 minutes to spare and the mishap had absolutely no effect on my score. The proctor didn’t even notify me in any way about the possible cancellation of my score.

How can I explain my situation without screwing myself over? I’d really prefer to have my scores not cancelled, because everyone’s going to be pretty busy these upcoming weeks with midterms and deadlines approaching.