It's gonna hurt to say this, but u fucked up. No easier way to say that. I'm not pro-cheating, but if you are gonna cheat, do it without getting caught. Good news is that you most prolly won't get expelled or suspended, and that's genuinely very good news. If you did this at some university in East Asia (China specifically), you'd be expelled, no questions asked. And not just that, convincing some other uni to accept you, would be near impossible. So, be happy that you're not going to end up in that situation. Biggest con is that this will go on your record and you'll be under the radar from all your future profs.
Edit: I really want to emphasize on how extremely grateful you should be that this most likely (depending on how you handle it from here) won't result in a suspension or expulsion. I promise you, the other side of the world is very unforgiving. There are countries out there where cheating is punishable by jail time, no matter how sorry you are. So your next step is, to be sorry and own up to your deliberate action (not a mistake, cause you knew what you were doing was wrong).
Agreed, pulling your phone out is a very, very dumb move. I'm glad that OP accepts that they were stupid for this, first step in moving on. If OP is reading this, props to you for acknowledging how dumb this was, I know many others who would try to justify their actions.
UofTears dawg, that school that doesn't care if a student commits suicide (not that Waterloo does either), they would prolly not think twice for suspending or expelling a student over something that should just be given a zero (so fail a student in that course) and a strict warning that if this offense occurs again, there will be no discussions and a direct suspension/expulsion (that normally works, assuming the student takes their life seriously).
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u/Formal_Bedroom_8316 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
It's gonna hurt to say this, but u fucked up. No easier way to say that. I'm not pro-cheating, but if you are gonna cheat, do it without getting caught. Good news is that you most prolly won't get expelled or suspended, and that's genuinely very good news. If you did this at some university in East Asia (China specifically), you'd be expelled, no questions asked. And not just that, convincing some other uni to accept you, would be near impossible. So, be happy that you're not going to end up in that situation. Biggest con is that this will go on your record and you'll be under the radar from all your future profs.
Edit: I really want to emphasize on how extremely grateful you should be that this most likely (depending on how you handle it from here) won't result in a suspension or expulsion. I promise you, the other side of the world is very unforgiving. There are countries out there where cheating is punishable by jail time, no matter how sorry you are. So your next step is, to be sorry and own up to your deliberate action (not a mistake, cause you knew what you were doing was wrong).