to avoid the dishonest shortcuts is good or bad ?

Dear mate, You did a very wrong thing as per me. But now that you have taken a decision be firm on it. Don't act as if you have lost an opportunity. You say that you had done some hard work so now is the time to reap the benefits of the hard work that you did. Many times you may have felt that you should have got 75 marks but you all you end up getting is some 50 odd. Thats why I felt you did the wrong thing by letting it go away. Many may beg to differ from what i said, rightly so on their part but I can say that they themself would choose this option if ever wronged in their life.