I wouldn't call it cheating. More manipulating the system to fit my needs. Sometimes the bureaucratic system just did not reflect my needs as a student, and I tried to find alternative approaches.

Prime examples:

I took what was actually a graduate journalism course from a Pulitzer award winning architecture and city planning critic and an introduction to city planning course in the same semester. Both required term papers. The city planning one had a complete syllabus on architectural terms to use, others not to use, structure, etc. I turned in the same paper for both. I attached a note to the city planning course one stating I was a Journalism major so I had ignored the syllabus requirements and written the paper in journalistic style. I got a B+ from the graduate journalism course, which was a little disappointing. The city planning professor gave me an A-, with a note apologizing for having to knock me down "a full grade for being a week late".

Another course on the history of journalism required two term papers on past journalists from a list. I wrote the first on Don Marquis. Read a number of his collected works. Spent a lot of time on it. Got a B. , which was terribly disappointing considering the effort, time, and what I thought was a good report. So for the second one on Ambrose Bierce I waited until the night before it was due, finally pulled myself out of a poker game in the wee hours, sat down with several biographies and essentially plagiarized a paragraph here, a paragraph from there, and turned it in. Got an A and a note from the professor saying please return it for my personal files.

I finally got around to taking an Econ 1A course in my junior or senior year, only because it was a requirement for my major. Went to the first lecture to get the syllabus and schedule for the midterm and final. Took the midterm and final. Never attended a lecture, never read the text. Got a B based on what I already knew about economics from my other courses.

Otoh, I flunked a few courses for my cavalier attitude as well. Never did satisfy one requirement. The Dean finally said he was waiving that requirement because he was sick of seeing me. I think he thought I was hanging on to my student deferment to avoid the military draft.

In high school I crammed last minute for a history test, and I did not have time to review one specific topic, so I wrote all I could on that topic on the palm of my hand.

When the test came, there was an optional essay question on that topic I just happened to have information about on my hand, so I used it to answer the question and got a good score on it 😅

That was an exception for me, I'm not generally a cheater, but a part of me is proud that I pulled that off so well.

I cheat it's at self check out. That Ramen soup bar code tapped to my finger...sheee'it.

Was a College student 8.5 years. Never cheated.

Not much point in cheating here. The exams are critically important and there's no way I can cheat to get through them.

I never did.

I never did. Is that a thing now ?

Now days it's AI, and some still get it wrong

You don't cheat in medicine.

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lol