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Money and connections might take you far in life, but Panthongtae Shinawatra is discovering they don't do you much good on the final exam. The 22-year-old son of Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's prime minister, was reportedly caught cheating with crib notes during a political science exam at Bangkok's Ramkhamhaeng University. According to local newspaper reports, Panthongtae signed a confession and could now face a one-year school suspension...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hide the Report Card | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

...What's the best way to ace the Graduate Record Examinations? a) Study hard; b) Guess blindly; c) Cheat. For some aspiring grad students in Asia, the answer apparently is "c." According to administrators of the GRE, the primary entrance exam used by U.S. graduate schools, a substantial number of the 55,000 annual applicants in China, Taiwan and Korea may have raised their verbal English scores by cribbing answers supplied by Chinese and Korean websites. Educational Testing Service, the U.S. company that runs the GRE, claims students were able to beat the system because electronic tests were offered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting an "F" in Ethics | 8/12/2002 | See Source »

...What's the best way to ace the Graduate Record Examinations? a) Study hard; b) Guess blindly; c) Cheat. For some aspiring grad students in Asia, the answer apparently is "c." According to administrators of the GRE, the primary entrance exam used by U.S. graduate schools, a substantial number of the 55,000 annual applicants in China, Taiwan and Korea may have raised their verbal English scores by cribbing answers supplied by Chinese and Korean websites. Educational Testing Service, the U.S. company that runs the GRE, claims students were able to beat the system because electronic tests were offered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Constitutionally a Winner | 8/11/2002 | See Source »

McGrath Lewis said the admissions office always appreciates as much information as it can get about applicants. Without the flags, admissions officers will have no way to determine the conditions under which applicants took the exam...

Author: By Stephanie M. Skier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SAT Changes Will Not Affect Harvard Admissions | 7/19/2002 | See Source »

...seven week no-activity period is an expansion of the previous policy that prohibited required athletic activities during final exam periods and limited practice during the off-season...

Author: By Stephanie M. Skier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ivy Presidents Slash Recruits | 7/5/2002 | See Source »

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