About 6,000 scores from when the website started in 2003 to the present are in question, GMAC spokeswoman Judy Phair said Wednesday. It's unclear how many test-takers are involved because they can take the test several times a year.
The council plans to match data with test-takers and cancel the scores of anyone who it determines knowingly used Scoretop to cheat on the test. It will also notify the schools that received scores, and perhaps prevent cheaters from retaking the test. Phair said she couldn't offer a timetable on the process.
Business school exam publisher tracking down Web cheaters
July 3, 2008
RICHMOND, VA. — Prospective and current graduate business students who used a website to cheat on entrance examinations over the last five years could have their scores thrown out.
The exam's publisher, the Graduate Management Admission Council, is tracking down users of Scoretop.com after winning a lawsuit to shut down the site and seize a computer hard drive containing payment information and user identifications.
Scoretop sold premium access for $30 a month, giving users previews of questions on the latest Graduate Management Admission Test. Some were posted by users after they took the exam.
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema also ordered site operator Lei Shi to pay $2.35 million plus legal costs in a June 20 ruling in the copyright-infringement lawsuit.
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