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I was at GT during the period described (2002-2005) and I was reported for academic misconduct (cheating.) I didn't do it on purpose but a buddy and I had discu

I was at GT during the period described (2002-2005) and I was reported for academic misconduct (cheating.) I didn't do it on purpose but a buddy and I had discussed a homework assignment over dinner and when we went back to the dorms and completed it, apparently our code was similar enough to raise flags so we both had to take the equivalent of a drivers ed course for academic conduct. I was really steamed about it for a while. I appealed up to the dean but the fact we had dared discuss a problem though our actual work was independent qualified as cheating in the class since we are supposed to act independently. Clearly the work independently is meant to protect the system from students skating by, but man was it upsetting and frustrating for someone who genuinely had found a group of friends where the sum was greater than our individual parts.

hga 17y ago
Hmmm; MIT has very explicit rules, often per course, on how much and what sort of collaboration is allowed in doing problem sets and projects (see the bottom of these for some examples which seem to be representative of their various departments: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-945Spring-2009/Syllabus/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Compute... http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-112Fall-2005/Syllabus/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-112Fall-2005/Syllabus/... http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-02Spring-2006/Syllabus/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-02Spring-2006/Sylla... http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-04Spring-2006/Syllabus/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-04Spring-2006/Syllabus/i...). I suppose there might be some courses where you just can't discuss a problem with a fellow classmate or student, but I would never take one of those.

hga 17y ago

Hmmm; MIT has very explicit rules, often per course, on how much and what sort of collaboration is allowed in doing problem sets and projects (see the bottom of these for some examples which seem to be representative of their various departments: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-945Spring-2009/Syllabus/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Compute... http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-112Fall-2005/Syllabus/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-112Fall-2005/Syllabus/... http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-02Spring-2006/Syllabus/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-02Spring-2006/Sylla... http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-04Spring-2006/Syllabus/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-04Spring-2006/Syllabus/i...). I suppose there might be some courses where you just can't discuss a problem with a fellow classmate or student, but I would never take one of those.