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Take Home Exams, XO, and cheating: hypothetical

What would happen if someone had a take-home final and posed...
provocative zippy candlestick maker
  10/03/05
Two subpoenas, man. Two motherfucking subpoenas.
trip kink-friendly tattoo
  10/03/05
Why would someone do that? I don't think I'd want xoxo givi...
cocky lay
  10/03/05
The people on this site actually seem pretty intelligent... ...
provocative zippy candlestick maker
  10/03/05
They're also pretty devious and not always inclined to be he...
cocky lay
  10/03/05
I've posted take home test questions on the board in the pas...
razzle place of business set
  10/03/05
The only reason to post it would be if you were dumb enough ...
Racy stead yarmulke
  10/03/05
chill dude, I'm not saying I'm going to do it or even thinki...
provocative zippy candlestick maker
  10/03/05
my point is that basic logic answers the fucking question as...
Racy stead yarmulke
  10/03/05
Takehome tests are bullshit. People cheat, even at H. The st...
big green church
  10/03/05
how do people cheat? i am firmly against cheating, but it s...
provocative zippy candlestick maker
  10/03/05
In undergrad if it was a closed test, people would look up t...
Swashbuckling toaster legend
  10/03/05
They pay someone who specializes in whatever law is relevant...
Flesh Meetinghouse Queen Of The Night
  10/03/05
Of course people cheat, but I hope that most people have mor...
Contagious Trump Supporter Station
  10/03/05
This would probably be the worst place in the world to get a...
Adventurous gay wizard dopamine
  10/03/05
um, maybe a distant second. let me introduce you to www....
Talented mint hunting ground
  10/04/05


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Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:01 PM
Author: provocative zippy candlestick maker

What would happen if someone had a take-home final and posed the question to the XO discussion board, and the professor and/or other students saw it (and reported it to the prof)?

1. Would the prof have any way to find out who did it?

2. What would the prof do about the exam?

I'm certainly not thinking about doing this but just am curious about what would happen.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966812)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:02 PM
Author: trip kink-friendly tattoo

Two subpoenas, man. Two motherfucking subpoenas.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966817)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:04 PM
Author: cocky lay

Why would someone do that? I don't think I'd want xoxo giving me advice on my takehome exam. Someone who was seriously interested in cheating would be much better off consulting a bright acquaintence who'd already taken the class, or collaborating with a classmate. I suspect that happens sometimes and there are policies that punish it, though I'm not sure if anyone ever gets caught doing it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966831)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:08 PM
Author: provocative zippy candlestick maker

The people on this site actually seem pretty intelligent... I imagine they'd give good advice. Again, I'm not saying I'd do it. It just seems like an anonymous way to cheat, as opposed to consulting a classmates who could "out" you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966857)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:12 PM
Author: cocky lay

They're also pretty devious and not always inclined to be helpful. People have posted odd "hypothetical questions" around exam time in the past. They usually get some, um, interesting answers. I'd guess that a person who posted something that was obviously an exam would get an even worse reaction.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966881)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:18 PM
Author: razzle place of business set

I've posted take home test questions on the board in the past and the posters always gave me the wrong answers. It was hs material too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966927)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:06 PM
Author: Racy stead yarmulke

The only reason to post it would be if you were dumb enough to think xoxo would give you good content to include. If you were dumb enough to include that content, a subpoena would be unnecessary. The prof would compare YOUR fucking retarded answer with the ones you got off of xoxo and you'd be outed. HTFH. I wouldn't set your hopes on this exam too high, assuming basic deductive reasoning skills are a requirement.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966846)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:08 PM
Author: provocative zippy candlestick maker

chill dude, I'm not saying I'm going to do it or even thinking about doing it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966861)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:09 PM
Author: Racy stead yarmulke

my point is that basic logic answers the fucking question as to whether the prof could figure out who did it. I am chill, just not a lot of patience for stupidity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966867)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:10 PM
Author: big green church

Takehome tests are bullshit. People cheat, even at H. The stakes are too high.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966869)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:10 PM
Author: provocative zippy candlestick maker

how do people cheat? i am firmly against cheating, but it scares me to think that other people might do it and get an advantage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966873)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:13 PM
Author: Swashbuckling toaster legend

In undergrad if it was a closed test, people would look up the topic in journals and stuff to get better analysis to work from. I'm sure one could do the same thing in law school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966889)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:13 PM
Author: Flesh Meetinghouse Queen Of The Night

They pay someone who specializes in whatever law is relevant.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966891)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 11:47 PM
Author: Contagious Trump Supporter Station

Of course people cheat, but I hope that most people have more integrity than that. I didn't cheat on my take-home exam and still got an A, so either people at UVA suck at cheating or are mostly honest. I choose to believe it is the latter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3967865)





Date: October 3rd, 2005 10:21 PM
Author: Adventurous gay wizard dopamine

This would probably be the worst place in the world to get answers for an exam.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3966952)





Date: October 4th, 2005 12:33 AM
Author: Talented mint hunting ground

um, maybe a distant second.

let me introduce you to www.lawschooldiscussion.org

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=271992&forum_id=2#3968280)