Have any of you heard of a 19 year old college student named Sam Eshaghoff? Sam is notorious for his ability to score high on standardized tests. Why notorious you may ask yourself, simply because of the fact that he was taken the SAT and ACT, for people of both genders, at least sixteen times! Eshaghoff made national news this past September when he was finally arrested after a few below average students scored suspiciously high on their test. After questioning, the students admitted to paying the con man thousands of dollars for each test he would take. More and more students have been questioned after a closer look at SAT/ACT scores and average GPAs. Eshaghoff was a top student at Great Neck North High School as well as vice president of the business club and a varsity athlete.

Sam Eshaghoff: I thought that there was an easy way to make money. And just like any other easy way to make money, it's always too good to be true.

Alison Stewart: Who told you, you were in trouble?

Eshaghoff: My parents got a phone call saying that there was a warrant for my arrest, which was scary and shameful. I felt like my world was going to come crashing down.

One does not have to be a genius to cheat the system. All one needs is a high school ID.

Eshaghoff: A school ID is what? Like what is that? It's like, it's some colors with literally a name and picture on it. So what I would do is, I took the template from my high school ID, pasted my picture on top of it, and whatever person's name whose test I was taking, I would have their name and date of birth on it. And it was really as easy as that.

Eshaghoff could charge up to two thousand five hundred dollars for his services. Once he was off to college, his business did not suffer. He merely added his travel expenses to the cost of taking the test.

Overall, no one was quite shocked at his business. Many admitted to knowing brokers who set up student by their ability to pay to test takers and their ability to score.

How easy it is to cheat the system, Eshaghoff is now back in college. As for the students who were caught and/or suspected of cheating, their colleges will never know. It is ETS policy to keep such things confidential. Where is the integrity of the SAT now?

(This will most likely be tl;dr but I heard about this in school and wrote kind of an article for it. Anyone heard of this kind of thing going on in their high school?)

Now that, people, is a Genuine Ninja there. If I had the opportunity to hire him, I would have him try to assassinate the President.

Just Saiyan

>>2 What the fuck are you saying?
Also you do realize, with that new law in place, they won't hold restraint with coming and getting you, for saying the "assassination" part. So, instead of pulling us down with your ignorant ass, leave here.

>>3 New Law? that's always been the law! just depends if the person in charge feels like going after people.

There is a new law, saying if they suspect you of being a terrorist, they can take you without having to go through the court system.

They could beforehand, but this is just making it that much easier, so people can't do a damn thing about it.

>>3

d00d, i was just joking, really.

some people just need to chill about jokes, gosh!

>>3 Lol chill down. I knew it was a joke right off the bat. No need to act all smart over the internet, bro.

>>7
So I should act all dumb, then?
"shud i start 2 tlk lyke tis?"

Should I begin role playing?
Should I be like every other brain dead moron you see being rage at for being stupid?

>>8
Who needs to act when you can OVERREACT!

Talent like yours comes along once in a blue moon of touchy assholes.

Wow, how did this go from a teenager who cheated the system to the assassination of a president?

Kind of offtopic... Obvious shitstorm was obvious. -_-

>>10 Thiamor happened.

Anyway, I found this hilarious. The fact he was able to get away with it so many times is a testament to how slipshod they are at checking the IDs. You would think they would be more careful. Rather sad that he didn't preempt the statistical analysis they inevitably do - he either got sloppy, or was never overly precautious to begin with.

It says he's back in college now though? What was the penalty, if anything?

I don't think it matters that colleges won't know about the kids that cheated. It'll be blatantly obvious when the system weeds them out due to incompetence anyway, and that's all that matters. Failing college is much worse than failing the SAT.

>>11 I have heard that he was let off with only community service hours, but other websites and newscasts have mentioned that he was let off the hook completely with no punishment once he pled guilty.

Even if they won't be able to keep up with the work, it is unfair to those who actually deserved the spot in that college. Eshaghoff showed no remorse whatsoever, he bragged about how he had people in bidding wars to see who would pay him more for a test on the same day.

You couldn't pay me to take that test sixteen times, personally. It's three hours of hell each time you take it. Just taking it once made me want to implode.

Anyway, it's a civil case, not exactly a criminal one, so of course no punishment was rendered after he pled guilty. And why should it matter? The below average students will learn the hard way that they can't survive college. All that money down the drain. Fucks given? None.

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