Should I tell the truth?

[ZackT]

This is how I'd handle it.

I'd try and do the exam as much as I could on my own, and when I had real trouble, that's where the notes come in.

Is it cheating a bit? Well, I dunno. I mean, maybe the same chance wasn't afforded to everyone, but the point of reviews is to literally give people the answers to questions that will be on the exam. I don't have university experience, but in high school it wasn't uncommon for our teachers to place word-for-word questions from previous tests or review questions on the big final. It wasn't a matter of proving you knew the material at that point, it was a matter of remembering what the answer was last time.

You want the highest grades? Use it. Be sure of it. Get through the subject and move on. I mean, what's gonna feel worse? The fact the you feel like you cheated a bit on your exam, or wasted time and money over having to re-take the class and delay graduation and getting a real job and that sort of shit?