This is one of those, "What would you do if...?" scenarios. Here's the situation.

I'm currently enrolled in a series of courses for technical certification. (Which shall remain nameless.) This semester is particularly difficult, and many people in the class have been struggling academically.

Somehow, and I didn't ask, nor want to, someone in the class got ahold of a copy of the final exam.

Here's the options.

1. Take the copy, revel in my good fortune and get an A.

2. Refuse the copy, ignore the situation.

3. Refuse the copy, report the class.

4. Dunno, I can't come up with any other options.

Now I already refused the copy. Personally I figure I've worked this hard to get this far, I'm not taking the cop-out way now.

The dilemma is between 2 and 3.

If I report the class, they get in trouble, maybe even kicked out of the courses/flunked. I've gotten to know them pretty well and don't want to do that to them. I'm the only one I know of that refused the test, so it would be fairly obvious who tattled.

If I don't report:

a. They all get 100%, nothing happens.
b. They all get 100%, the company investigates why a class that's been collectively getting 60%-70% on exams just "suddenly" all happen to get 100%. Everyone, including me, goes down for cheating. Even if they defended me, and said I didn't take it, I still didn't say anything. I've gotten to know them pretty well, but not enough to want to take a fall with them for something I didn't do.

Suggestions?

-Keisha