What would you do if you found out a fellow PA student was cheating?

Remember that your character and values will be highly evaluated during many of the interview questions/scenarios. To give you an upper hand when giving your thoughts on this, make sure to scour the program's website and read about their academic dishonesty policy and come to your interview prepared to agree with it from a personal ethics perspective.

This is your chance to shine by saying you would do the right thing and immediately report the cheating classmate. Since you have time to walk through this hypothetical situation during your multiple mini interview, it is okay to mention that this may be a struggle if you were close to the student colleague in question. Just be sure your interviewer understands that you would do the right thing. Then let them know you understand and agree with their institution's academic dishonesty policy and would follow it during your time with their program.

"Because I value fairness in a higher learning setting and strive to do my best without taking the easy route out, I would immediately report the cheating to the professor or faculty member of the class. Depending on the situation and my relationship with the student, I might speak with them first and give them the opportunity to confess first. It would be naive to say that routes for plagiarizing and other forms of cheating aren't readily available to students; it is one of the unfortunate downsides of the rise of the internet, AI, and other technologies. But what do students who do this gain other than a good grade? Nothing. I think it is important for universities to have policies to handle academic dishonesty, and I see that your program does."