You can say that again. It was definitely disheartening for peers of mine I knew to be frequent cheaters get accepted into a college I was rejected from.
This is made worse by how absolutely rampant it is—to the point the reporting it seemed futile. I actually had high ranking peers inform me that they didn't believe I had never cheated in high school. They actually could not understad the concept. The social risk for reporting any time of cheating is quickly amplified when you realize:
* It's more common in high school to cheat than not to cheat
* Administration has no time to pursue cheaters except in the most widespread and obvious circumstances
* It's very hard to prove cheating outside of an anecdotal "This is what I saw" story, and there is no court system for high school students
Honestly, it sucked.
P.S. Based on an American public high school experience. And, for what's it's worth, ~300 in the College Board Top 1000 Challenge Index schools.
This is made worse by how absolutely rampant it is—to the point the reporting it seemed futile. I actually had high ranking peers inform me that they didn't believe I had never cheated in high school. They actually could not understad the concept. The social risk for reporting any time of cheating is quickly amplified when you realize:
* It's more common in high school to cheat than not to cheat
* Administration has no time to pursue cheaters except in the most widespread and obvious circumstances
* It's very hard to prove cheating outside of an anecdotal "This is what I saw" story, and there is no court system for high school students
Honestly, it sucked.
P.S. Based on an American public high school experience. And, for what's it's worth, ~300 in the College Board Top 1000 Challenge Index schools.