Comments on: Three-Fourths of Students Cheat Their Way into College http://blog.gocollege.com/2008/04/10/cheating-their-way-to-college/ The number one college bound site on the Internet. Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Anonymous http://blog.gocollege.com/2008/04/10/cheating-their-way-to-college/#comment-3197 Anonymous Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:56:29 +0000 http://blog.gocollege.com/2008/04/10/cheating-their-way-to-college/#comment-3197 Cheating is not a big deal. The big misconception is that cheating = somehow not doing a single assignment and cheating on every single test without learning anything. No. In reality, smart people (like the girl at Stanford) learn the material, however just change their score to get an A. Because this whole reward system to us has been ingrained since day 1. A's equal scholarships and getting into good universities. Honors students cheat the most, because they have the most incentive. It doesn't really matter if stupid kids cheat because they're still stupid and they'll fail the ACT/SAT anyway. I consistently change the grades of my homework assignments, tests, and in class essays. Honestly, as soon as the person hands it up I just cross out their score and write 100%. Because teachers frankly don't have time to check, they're busy entering all the other grades. Am I really going to accept getting a B+/A- after working my ass off? I did the work, I learned the material. I'm not wrecking my GPA because my teacher makes the tests too hard or homework too hard to get an A on. Sorry. Cheating is not a big deal. The big misconception is that cheating = somehow not doing a single assignment and cheating on every single test without learning anything.

No.

In reality, smart people (like the girl at Stanford) learn the material, however just change their score to get an A. Because this whole reward system to us has been ingrained since day 1. A’s equal scholarships and getting into good universities.

Honors students cheat the most, because they have the most incentive. It doesn’t really matter if stupid kids cheat because they’re still stupid and they’ll fail the ACT/SAT anyway.

I consistently change the grades of my homework assignments, tests, and in class essays. Honestly, as soon as the person hands it up I just cross out their score and write 100%. Because teachers frankly don’t have time to check, they’re busy entering all the other grades.

Am I really going to accept getting a B+/A- after working my ass off? I did the work, I learned the material. I’m not wrecking my GPA because my teacher makes the tests too hard or homework too hard to get an A on. Sorry.

]]> By: Natasha http://blog.gocollege.com/2008/04/10/cheating-their-way-to-college/#comment-1281 Natasha Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:21:57 +0000 http://blog.gocollege.com/2008/04/10/cheating-their-way-to-college/#comment-1281 Honestly I cheated my whole life...through 6 grade to my senior year of high school. I never got caught,it was very easy Until I was working at a after school and could not do simple math. I felt like a air head! How can I succeed in life without knowledge and education? I'm so guilty that I didn't enjoy my prom cause I know I did not earn my high school diploma. Is not something I wanted to do, but it was like a drug. What should I do. I'm 23,and I don't feel confident because of that. HELP ME PLEASE.thank you Honestly I cheated my whole life…through 6 grade to my senior year of high school. I never got caught,it was very easy Until I was working at a after school and could not do simple math. I felt like a air head! How can I succeed in life without knowledge and education? I’m so guilty that I didn’t enjoy my prom cause I know I did not earn my high school diploma. Is not something I wanted to do, but it was like a drug. What should I do. I’m 23,and I don’t feel confident because of that. HELP ME PLEASE.thank you

]]> By: Mike http://blog.gocollege.com/2008/04/10/cheating-their-way-to-college/#comment-893 Mike Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:01:00 +0000 http://blog.gocollege.com/2008/04/10/cheating-their-way-to-college/#comment-893 Wikipedia is not a valid source in the academic world. Same as an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a valid source in the academic world. Same as an encyclopedia.

]]> By: Ally http://blog.gocollege.com/2008/04/10/cheating-their-way-to-college/#comment-598 Ally Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:14:52 +0000 http://blog.gocollege.com/2008/04/10/cheating-their-way-to-college/#comment-598 I'm going to go ahead and argue that while I never did it, using Wikipedia for research should NOT be regarded as cheating. While students do need to check the listed sources, using Wikipedia is just a good way to get a lot of information quickly. Contrary to popular belief, Wikipedia is (usually) not just a bunch of random people putting their version of a series of events on a webpage - many times incorrect information is corrected (and sourced) within hours of posting. That said, as a student who refused to ever (and I mean ever) copy a homework assignment, let alone cheat on a test, I always found it EXTREMELY obnoxious when my friends felt entitled to the use of my homework assignments. Further, I was extremely annoyed when my high school's valedictorian (I was something like 3rd in my class) was kicked out of his university (the same university I attend) for having poor grades. This kid took all easy courses in high school and received something like $20,000 in scholarships... and was kicked out after a year. Good job, America. I’m going to go ahead and argue that while I never did it, using Wikipedia for research should NOT be regarded as cheating. While students do need to check the listed sources, using Wikipedia is just a good way to get a lot of information quickly. Contrary to popular belief, Wikipedia is (usually) not just a bunch of random people putting their version of a series of events on a webpage – many times incorrect information is corrected (and sourced) within hours of posting.

That said, as a student who refused to ever (and I mean ever) copy a homework assignment, let alone cheat on a test, I always found it EXTREMELY obnoxious when my friends felt entitled to the use of my homework assignments. Further, I was extremely annoyed when my high school’s valedictorian (I was something like 3rd in my class) was kicked out of his university (the same university I attend) for having poor grades. This kid took all easy courses in high school and received something like $20,000 in scholarships… and was kicked out after a year. Good job, America.

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