# Legality of cheating on private tests

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-cheating-on-private-tests/135479>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 6, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-cheating-on-private-tests/135479 "2002-11-06T01:53:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-cheating-on-private-tests/135479/1 "2002-11-06T01:53:53Z")

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Inspired by[this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=142699) thread, I am now curious: is it illegal to cheat on a private test? Avoiding the whole drug issue for simplicities sake, imagine I try to cheat on the SAT. Is this actually against the law or is the company offering the service the only entity capable of penalizing me?

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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-cheating-on-private-tests/135479/2 "2002-11-06T03:06:30Z")

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At the end of the SAT I remember signing somehitng stating that I didn’t cheat. I don’t know what the penality is for cheating but you did sign off on it.

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**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-cheating-on-private-tests/135479/3 "2002-11-06T04:30:27Z")

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I don’t think it’s actually illegal, but I suppose the colleges you have the scores sent to could penalize you by not admitting you.