Would you cheat to keep a 4.0?

Applying to College
1

<p>The title explains it.</p>

<p>Assuming you weren’t caught, would you cheat to keep a 4.0?</p>

2

<p>No, I would know that a person might not know, but God sure would. I would feel guilty.</p>

3

<p>Obviously people are maximizers, that is economics number one rules. By cheating, you are maximizing on the situation. </p>

<p>Check this out: [Cheating</a> for a $20 - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com](<a href=“Freakonomics - The hidden side of everything”>Cheating for a $20 - Freakonomics)</p>

<p>Obviously, if one sees, people want what is best for themselves. No one truly cares about the next person unless they have a sort of obligation. Why do CCers Volunteer? For college recs. When you help that old lady across the street, you probably look around to see if anyone is watching.</p>

<p>There is a cost-benefit ratio attached to everything. If I can cheat and get a priceless item, then yes I would.</p>

4

<p>No. I wouldn’t, but I know people in my school who would.</p>

5

<p>No, personally. </p>

<p>Also consider your definition of “cheating.” We did a quick in-class survey during one of my social psychology classes, and 80% of the class admitted to having cheated at one point or another during high school (all seniors). When pressed, they admitted to having copied someone else’s workbook assignment (freshman year, all students have a non-graded english workbook that they sometimes us in-class… mostly matching/fill in the blank, but it’s tedious and boring busywork), or asking another student (say, in another section of the class who already completed the assignment) for homework help, asking “how hard” a test was/was going to be, briefly glancing at someone else’s page during a test… etc. etc.</p>

6

<p>Imagine it like this:
There is a button infront of you which would turn that lagging Physics grade to an A magically. You have to cheat to press it. No one is watching. No one will ever know. Would you push it?</p>

7

<p>would you feel proud or deserving if you achieved valedictorian status because you cheated?</p>

8

<p>Yes, why not? A 4.0 is a 4.0 and a Rank 1 is a Rank 1.</p>

9

<p>Hahahaha Ravi1234.</p>

10

<p>yeah, without a second thought i would</p>

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<p>let’s think about this in terms of expected value. Suppose if you cheat successfully, you’ll get an A and hold a 4.0. If you cheat unsuccessfully, you get a 0 and are expelled. If you don’t cheat, assuming you get a B, you’ll have about a 3.95. Let P be our probability of success.<br>
4P+0(1-P)=3.95
=>P=0.9875</p>

<p>So in conclusion you should only cheat if you think you have about a one percent chance of being caught (or less).</p>

12

<p>Nope. I would study for a 4.0</p>

13

<p>shariq seriously???</p>

14

<p>oh yeah dude i want to go to boston university’s 7 year program</p>

15

<p>This depends on your definition of cheating.</p>

<p>Is this cheating?</p>

<p>a) Asking an earlier class period for questions or “how hard was the test”?
b) Getting help on a graded homework assignment or lab.
c) Asking for answers on a non-graded homework.</p>

16

<p>Guilt would kill me.</p>

17

<p>Ncm2012, </p>

<p>The situation is simply comparable to this:
You have a choice to push a button which will change your grade to an A. Pushing this button is considered cheating. Nobody is watching and you will never get in trouble. Would you push it?</p>

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<ol>
<li><p>Almost everyone in my high school asked how hard the tests were, so that’s not cheating unless the teacher tells you specifically not to talk to other kids about it. All teachers know we ask earlier classes for tips. </p></li>
<li><p>I sometimes work with other kids on problem sets, graded work etc. its not a big deal and I don’t think teachers would care unless you just copied the problems. If someone’s helping you and you’re understanding the material- I don’t see what the big deal is.</p></li>
<li><p>That’s not cheating. Its non-graded. What would be your motivation? Get a better grade? No- the one reason would be so that you can understand the material- so that’s definitely not cheating.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>My definition of cheating is deliberately using notes during tests when they’re forbidden or asking someone to let you see his/her paper during the test or to just copy answers from a friend. And yes, sometimes, we have those “off” days where we forget everything. </p>

<p>I think the real situation is- what if you knew you had to get a certain grade on the final to get an A and your notes happen to be under your desk and you could figure out the answer to those final few questions that have been bugging you. Would you do it? Now that’s a true moral judgment call.</p>

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<p>I would like to think I wouldn’t. But if I knew there was noooo way of getting caught…I might. Just being honest…:/</p>

20

<p>Absolutely not.</p>