Would you report cheating?

[amapples]

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I was pretty screwed over this semester when it came to other kids cheating and getting As in classes they probably never studied for.

One professor I had is probably one of the biggest schmucks I've ever met and encourages this and does not say a word about it when people blatantly cheat.

I would love to see him gone from this institution but don't seem to have the heart to report people.

If you witness cheating or were victimized by it, what would you do?

 

[Doudline]

Oh, please shush.

 

[amapples]

Trust me I'd be indifferent too if it didn't affect me badly. You would be annoyed if you were screwed over by it.

 

[Mavs88]

My view on it is that more likely than not, it's going to catch up to those folks at some point. They'll get caught eventually in another course or will someday face an exam they can't bull**** (M-C-A-T).

Now, if I were in some sort of course where they hand out grades based on percentiles (I hate this), I'd say something to the professor later.

 

[amapples]

Yeah there are plenty of people from my school with 3.5-3.8 GPAs who get like in the teens on the MCAT which would be pretty discordant...

 

[Dr. Death]

In my micro class last year there was a girl who cheated and bragged about cheating. My lab partner and I went to the teacher and he didn't care. So we went to the head of the biology dept and she made sure the person failed out of the class. Cheaters shouldn't get away with it.

 

[qwerpoiuqwer]

My view on it is that more likely than not, it's going to catch up to those folks at some point. They'll get caught eventually in another course or will someday face an exam they can't bull**** (M-C-A-T).

Now, if I were in some sort of course where they hand out grades based on percentiles (I hate this), I'd say something to the professor later.

I concur. We all know that one douche who smarmed and cheated his way through his science exams. One that I knew personally did that throughout undergrad, and got the nastiest
shock of his life when he got his MCAT score back.
He's switching to dental.

 

[amapples]

Seriously nothing pisses me off more than when people brag about that nonsense

 

[amapples]

Lol I notice a lot of people switching from premed to pre dental at my school. I wonder if it's because the DAT is easier than the MCAT? Becoming a dentist is still pretty prestigious and respectable...

 

[allantois]

If this affected you personally, then it is in all regards fair to take the issue higher for resolution, especially since the professor does not seem to care.

I have never reported any cheating, but I did complain about one of my TA's for being unfair to his department. Funny enough, they ended up hiring me as a TA (since I soo new how to do a better job 😀)

 

[NeuResurgens]

I usually end up getting kosher grades that are better than what the cheaters get anyway

In all seriousness, if it's a curved class, you could talk to someone at the institutional level. You'd need to be able to provide some substantive proof, however, or else you'll come off looking like a disgruntled student who is b*tching because she didn't like the grade she got. I'm sure they've seen some people making false accusations, so you'll probably need to be able to back this up if you talk to a higher-up about it. In this particular case, I'd say you probably need two or three other witnesses.

 

[puglet]

You're going to report the professor for supposedly encouraging students to cheat?

 

[familyaerospace]

I report when I am sure they are doing it.

 

[allantois]

This is the most evenly split opinion poll SDN has seen

 

[seizurecrow]

I was pretty screwed over this semester when it came to other kids cheating and getting As in classes they probably never studied for.

Are you graded on a curve?

 

[resiroth]

This is the most evenly split opinion poll SDN has seen

Eh to be honest I'd rather keep my head down and worry about myself. I don't support cheating, but finding the cheaters is the professor's job, not mine.

Besides like everyone else said the MCAT will destroy those that cheated their way through school. The security of that test is off the charts!

 

[Psai]

i've noticed that the people that are the most worried about cheating are cheaters
can't seem to keep those damn legs closed

 

[mimelim]

If it costs you very little and isn't a pain in the ass, then yes, by all means report. Just remember, pick your battles. You are going to run into people cheating from now until the day you die. If anything it increases in medical school, residency and beyond. You can't try to right every wrong out there.

But yes, cheaters piss me off and if it is as simply as anonymously tipping a professor to watch someone next test, I don't mind doing it, costs me nothing.

 

[HCHopeful]

I have never reported a cheater. You have to remember that something like 75% of college students have cheated at one point in time.* So, some professors have given in to it. Most students have copied another student's problem or two from a physics assignment. BUT most have not cheated on an exam or something of that significance (I like to believe, anyway). Cheating is most certainly cheating, but if you expect a punishment to be brought down on them, it better be more serious than copying problem #37 on page 345.

I don't know what I would do if it directly affected me. Many would call me whiney(?) if I report to the prof or head of the department. But then again, why should a cheater get away without someone trying to make sure they're caught. The people who say you are naggy for reporting it are probably cheaters themselves and dislike people who uphold the rules. But again, if Bill got help on one problem from Suzy... Chill brah.

*There's an actual study discussing the percentages, but I'm on my phone and too lazy to find it at the moment.

 

[StudyLater]

If anything it increases in medical school, residency and beyond.

How does one cheat in residency?

As for this whole...thing. I don't understand people coming on here and asking for support on matters like this (the "should I expose this indecency?" type of thread). Do it if you'd like to do it. Don't if you don't want to. Isn't it that simple? This isn't an after school special. You don't need a widespread applause every time you do something you think is right. You also don't necessarily need to care if you ended up pissing everybody off.

Unless they're your co-workers/boss. Then you need to care, insofar as it affects your employment/work with the team.

 

[Pusheen]

I'd report it if it was on a high-stakes test where we were graded on a curve. I care enough about myself and my grades to keep myself from being screwed over
I would probably try to do it anonymously so as to involve as few people as possible.

Homework? not worth it.

 

[cloudmurder1]

I don't report it at all because I don't want to be caught up in the bearucratic BS involved with my school's disciplinary process. Also my school has punished many people who haven't cheated, so the way I see it, I just let cheaters do it because they'll for sure get caught or it'll catch up to them if they don't stop. And I just mind my own business and find solace in my honest 4.0.

Also I think pretty much everyone has done something that could, in some way, be construed as dishonesty, but rules of course vary from school to school.

edit: if it's a partner of mine doing it, then I'll speak up and tell them not to because we both could get punished.

edit 2: if someone cheates off me, then I'd be pissed, report them, and do whatever else I legally can to wreck them

 

[deleted577188]

I'm pretty sure 12 or so international students got sent back to their home country for cheating here at my uni. Haha, sucks to be them. I mean damn would a B in physics instead of an A have hurt them that much!?!?