A Youtuber Plagiarized my UChicago Essay and made a video about it
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ม.ค. 2021
- whats up tanners
This is a bit of a serious video, but I would really appreciate it if you stuck around till the end! I have some pretty important things to talk about and that would mean the world to me to share this video (or at least its sentiments) with your friends and take it to heart!
the first time I’m not asking you to take multiple grains of salt
Shoutout to the anonymous subscriber who tipped me off about this instance of plagiarism! You’re pretty cool.
T I M E S T A M P S:
0:14 Run-down of what happened
1:40 Reading their essay via their youtube video
2:50 Versus my essay I published
3:28 Direct comparison of the two essays
5:30 Little more about this person
6:20 This person roasted my paragraph…
7:20 Reading out their apology letter to me
9:16 What I’m going to do now
10:45 How this relates to my startup
DON’T PLAGIARISE FRIENDS ITS NOT WORTH IT -- IMPOSTER SYNDROME WILL MAKE YOU FEEL WORSE 12:50
#storytime #plagiarism #itschloetan
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don't plagiarize, don't jump off a bridge, don't eat the little pack that has the words "DO NOT EAT". jeez, some advice need not be made
yea periodd
Why the second one? People have issues that can not be resolved. Life is not easy. And humans are not peaches to be around. I agree it is not the answer, but why is everyone so willing to say after "I wished I knew, I could have... " NO. Stop lying. When people speak you do not listen and you respond you have your own problems to deal with. Fine. So do not be bothered/affected/sympathetic when I take care of my problems permanently.
@@MarinaArtDesign but jumping of the bridge isn’t an option, it shouldn’t be a choice. they were just saying how warning signs are written and people don’t follow them. just because you have hardships, doesn’t mean your life is way messed up to call it ‘okay’ again. Idk why you are getting angry at this comment lmao
@@MarinaArtDesign I see that you're taking this personally. And because of that I really pray that you get through whatever you're going through. Those people around you who ignore you and simply restate their own problems shouldn't do that and should definitely actively listen to how you feel. That being said, it doesn't mean that killing yourself will fix your problems. Trust me, I've been where you've been and life gets very overwhelming. Some people tend to take time for granted and don't realize something until it's too late. But jumping off a bridge isn't the answer. If you reach out for help to the right people, you're bound to rediscover the joys and life and go uphill from there. Keep pushing. I believe in you. :)
@@emblem8018 I asked everyone to help, from local charity and church welfare to president of the government. They all responded they are sorry for my family situation and they hope I will find solution soon. But none of them offered to fix the problem that is easily solvable if they just obeyed their own rules. But since government is falling apart and corruption is everywhere... I have been writing emails from 2007. They always respond " Just one more year, be patient we will work it out" For 13 years they destroyed my physical and mental health and my family with their incompetence. And now covid and losing job and income... I understand what you are saying. It is hard to be on the other side all the time. People selling BS how mothers are great, mother's day BS and all. When do I get my billboard saying a "mother is a monster, pure evil" that try to kill me entire childhood. I know how to survive and be happy. But I can't afford it.
I'm not endorsing plagiarism by any means but if you're going to copy straight from another person why would you decide aha its a good idea to upload this to the world
omg yes😂😂😂😅
People are just that dumb 😒😂😂
cuz views but i feel u its still dumb
Lol true, maybe because the essay was finely worded enough to make it seem sophisticated or something and they wanted to show it to people to be like “look at how good I wrote them B)”
Exactly, brain is emptyy💀
good note on impostor syndrome. I got accepted ED last month to an Ivy, and the brief resumes I've seen of my future classmates are already starting to make me wonder if the admissions officers were feeling unnaturally generous when they read my app.
I’m in the exact same position!
@@Olivia-uq4ls haha nice to know I'm not the only one! I'm sure we'll have great experiences though!
@@congealedbox7854 Yes! As much as I'm dealing with imposter syndrome I'm still beyond excited for college
yup me too. now, after having met a bunch of my future classmates, i wonder how i got in and if i even deserve it
@@haydenrobinson9851 hi hayden
From their apology letter, it's obvious that their command of English isn't even good enough to write an essay like that...
My thoughts exactly 🤦🏻♀️
The professors should be able to notice it at a glance of their paper.
@@junsjulywonpilsyonpilchany5241 thisss- professors don’t even need to properly read an essay to know it’s good or bad
I kinda feel like he has the potential. His overall letter was quite formal and was written with good grammar. But that is actually more pathetic, he could do it, but he didn’t make an attempt to do so.
@@beambaapol good grammar? Nope
I love how the video said to roast his essays when they weren’t even his to roast ... like he’s not only taking your words but also criticizing you at the same time
Thought the same too
Yeah, really disrespectful.
That's when I would have dropped that dumbasses name tbfh. Good on her for being better than me.
@@chloerene7858 Sameee
If he is using someone else's essay for help, CITE IT! CITE WHERE YOU GOT THE INFORMATION 😑
Omg I’m so sorry to heard this! A similar thing happened to just last month. A girl who I thought was my friend asked me for help on her college app so I did and even sent her my own PS. Then some how I saw her PS and it was exactly like mine essay with the same story. Some places had minor changes but she legit copied sentences word by word. I even talked to her before taking any actions yet she’s not willing to change her essay. And when I told my counselor her attitude was literally like "u shouldn’t rlly do anything cuz bad ppl will get punished eventually". I emailed the college and her own hs yet most of them just didn’t respond. It’s rlly sad and surprising to see how not serious they are taking this....
Use her computer and delete your essay from her computer
ugh I'm sorry to hear that this happened. ppl don't take academic misconduct seriously enough :/
Wow, my school is the opposite they’ll put your words into google and find out if you copied it (yk, by doing the quotes thing) and if it’s found out that you’re plagiarizing then you get in major trouble, and get a 0 for whatever you plagiarized, also every English teacher I’ve had has always given very heated speeches about plagiarism 😂 kinda sad that colleges aren’t taking what my school teachers took seriously, like if a teacher can find out plagiarism and punish accordingly then a college should have the ability to do the same especially in your case since you basically handed them what they needed (proof wise) to punish your “friend”.
@@depressedteadepressoespres186 same here, I'd rather have that tbh because it teaches people to not used others' ideas as their own, kinda sad that OP's school didn't do anything about it
Also it would be good to have documentation. Are there texts of her asking you for it? Show how you may have started a draft before she did her’s. Also maybe ask an English teacher if you have the same one? They can usually tell different writing styles
I am so here for that tea and the stunning blonde hair. You look so good! My mom won't even let me get blue highlights 😭
Oh boy my mom doesn’t know ILL UPDATE YALL WHEN SHE FINDS OUT
@@asynchloe lol I feel you. All the best😂
i know i subscribed for her hair and badass attitude lol
@@estrellasjournal you know it😂
As a person who just submitted all her applications a week ago, this makes me incredibly baffled that first, this person would post it ONLINE (?) blatantly and take your hardwork almost word for word. Im so sorry that this happened and I hope the right people are informed about this ASAP....
Saying that they "didn't know how and why" they put your EXACT PARAGRAPH in their essay and then proceeding to apologize doesn't make sense because they obviously "knew." Ugh. Anyways, your start-up sounds SO relevant good luck with it!!!! :)
I've been looking for this comment. It's amazing to me that people are accepting his narrative that he must have oh-so mindlessly~ dropped a few of Chloe's sentences into his essay like _oh gee, how did that get there!_ *bats eyes innocently*
No. You knew and know full well what you did. I sincerely hope Chloe reports him.
Pretty sure it’s because their English isn’t the best, so it just came out sounding a bit weird.
Good on them for removing the video, this pisses me off here on TH-cam.
I know a certain creator who has yet to take down certain videos despite bringing it to their attention, and for a good year they built their entire channel off plagiarism, from blog articles.
It's very frustrating when a vast majority of youtubers can literally hire a writer for a script and make a good amount of money on the return.
Thanks for talking about this.
who ??
don't leave us hanging!!! who is it?
@@yousimperingsimpleton6337 someone commented that it’s oscar yinn
this is a crossover i was not expecting hello mr. barely sociable/musical
funny seeing you here
Dude that's really unfair for the kids who actually tried to explain themselves without doing any of that. I hope the colleges know what happened.
this is so weird to me, like in the UK on our university application system it actually has a plagiarism checker that checks against past essays and stuff !
wouldn’t that just be for that one college though? what if they applied to different school but one plagiarized?
@@lovemorgan6690 noo here like you just do one general essay and that’s it cause you can only apply to 5 unis so it just goes to all of them!
@@lovemorgan6690 we apply through UCAS, which is basically a submissions tool that helps with the application process.... since every person in the UK who applies to uni applies through UCAS, they’re the ones who check for plagiarism. Essentially they can see if u have plagiarised any personal statement that has ever gone through the system, so plagiarism is basically impossible.
@@acooper1152 ohhh that’s makes sense haha thanks for answering!!
This usually happens in the us too? Idk how this happened lol at least in the northeast we have to take anti-plagarism measures
I don't know why this got recommended to me, but this is very interesting. It's good that the person apologized. I'm hopeful for your system that you're making, or whatever you'd call it. Plagiarism is one of the most frustrating experiences in school work. I once had a guy erase my name on an assignment we all stored in the classroom and write his in. I'm glad someone's looking to help change how we can address plagiarism, especially at the collegiate level. Without any universal backlog, some people will never see consequences
Omg sickening!! But I need to know how it ended. Did he get caught or you where ruined?
Yo imagine if he hadn't talked about his essays??????? Then he would have gotten in with a plagarized essay
wait ... did that person only plagiarize 1 or two paragraphs? or was the whole essay (Multiple paragraphs) plagarized?
Who was the person that plagiarized her essay?
@@iLastStar doesn't really matter how many paragraphs were copied, it wont change the fact that its such obvious plagiarism
@@Sinshana im not contesting it's not plagiarism.
@@iLastStar it doesn’t Matter how many paragraphs but how much percent of the essay is plagiarized.
If it’s only two paragraphs in a four paragraph essay that’s enough for it to count as plagiarism.
Someone in the comments also mentioned that the first paragraph seems like a Plagiat of another youtuber‘s essay so it’s definitely over 50% plagiarized
his first paragraph sounds very similar to one of arpi park’s stanford essays! (i think arpi’s was about Good Friday service)
lmao yeah arpi rly got plagarized too
Who is he? Can u drop the link?
Who is it?
Yo I saw his video when I was applying to the UCs about two months ago and I thought the exact same thing. I dont remember his name but he was a chinese student if I remember correctly.
Luish2500 who is it? I’m so curious
This shows your maturity by using this experience as a teaching lesson and not exposing the person. Hopefully they get repercussions from the school and learn from their actions.
I feel bad for that person who could've gotten in instead of the person who plagiarized because someone else truly deserved it.
Oscar Yinn?
i really hope this person gets expelled- it’s literally a personal statement, not a research paper or something, and he’s just making excuses about “being short on time” when it’s only 600 words, it’s total bs. honestly this is part of why i never shared my essay with anyone, the fact that people don’t have interesting enough stories to share on their own is so sad
Didn't the dude also plagiarize arpi park lol
Imagine how many essays similar to Arpi’s get submitted to Stanford each year 🤭
Yess when I saw his video like two months ago, I was like this man plagiarized his essay LMAOO
@@michaelscott9629 who is it 😳
@lostarz the person who plagiarized Chloe also plagiarized Arpi😳
@lostarz yeah and i bet AOs @stanford have seen tons of essays similar to Arpi’s
Danggg I really like how you're handling this. He already punished himself and the college should follow whatever procedures they have but he already exposed himself when he made a TH-cam video about it.
I never thought of copying or plagiarizing but I am very thankful for the reminder. I always feel down and tired that sometimes I break down even because I am so stressed about the applications. I am proud of myself because I am almost through it and I hope everyone who has been feeling this way feels better and enjoys the sweet results of their labor. Stay safe guys!!!
Keep working hard! It can be stressful, but at least you know that your accomplishments are because of your own hard work and not someone else's!
its the fact that they put it on youtube🤦♀️
You’re doing the right thing. I wish that cheating in class wasn’t so easy to get away with. Even if TAs and professors report it, the university often doesn’t do anything about it because of the tuition money. We need to make sure that college is a fair environment.
Oh my uni takes those seriously, many people have failed courses because of that and have had to go to school tribunals to be judged and what punisher be sufficient
Ask your professors and TAs, you’d be surprised. I went to UCLA, where that shit was rampant and unchecked, especially in engineering. Even in departments where proctors do report cheating, the university doesn’t always expel.
Plagiarism is a problem. Learn from the essay and write about ones' own experience could be a better choice. Taking away good vocabs is fine, but learn from it. Withdrawl of applications could be done to show a sign of regret...
who cares?
why do ur soft egos get damaged when u get copied out of
in my country, uganda, no one care we can copy each other all we want
@@Sanyu-Tumusiime I cares, people who doesn't want to get their credits stolen care, and , most importantly, colleges care...
@@Sanyu-Tumusiime Um do you not know the importance of it and how damaging copying is?
@@sangat4315 it's not important. there's no impact. why do u guys stress so much. u just have weak egos so fragile that you can't handle it. in my country everyone copy and there's no problem. i don't get what's wrong with your country.
@@Sanyu-Tumusiime How will your country continue to thrive in such a competitive world with only the basis of copying, there's bound to be setbacks after a set period of time. The idea of copying thats manifested into young kids, and adults mind's is toxic. You achieve nothing and leech off of others, and that ideology starts to implement itself to other parts of your life. It only leads to downfall. You're the only one with a weak ego if you can't put your own effort in.
and i was afraid that using similar paragraph structures was plagiarism... man what the hell
I'm so sorry this happened to you, Chloe! I understand how you feel. One of my closest friends plagiarized an essay I wrote for my U.S. History Regents Exam. He was given a 3-day suspension, which is practically a slap on the wrist.
I really like how your thoughts on plagiarism didn't concentrate on how morally wrong it is and how disrespectful it is to the original authors, which is a given, but it emphasized more on how a person who plagiarizes, even if its just a paragraph or two, is only hurting themselves more by doing it and that it's not worth it. This is the first video I've watched by you but more power to you!
i wonder how many people plagiarize on their common app essays...
never copy, paraphrase and rearrange. copying gets you caught
Can I just say how awesome you are of a person? This is my first video of yours I’m watching and just love the message of it
their paragraph is also so difficult to understand from the position of an outsider. I didn't understand what they were talking about until you read out the original paragraph you wrote. He not only plagiarized but also ended up making his paragraph clunky by trying to find synonyms/common phrasing.
If they copied your common app essay, who knows what else they could have cheated on?? Their SATs? Their grades? Ridiculous and stupid of this person
have you taken an sat, it’s impossible to cheat on those
@@saratiganus6321 i have... I graduated high school 6 years ago and I know people who have cheated on that before. there are people who even pay others to take the test for them.
@@Ultraquickly that’s crazy, people have no morality on anything anymore.
@@saratiganus6321 They never did honestly.
It really does bring into question what else he's lied about. How much of his grades were genuinely earned? How deserved is his place in his university? It really makes me sad to think that he took the place of someone who truly deserved that spot.
Ok as English major this seriously pisses me off, i haven’t even gotten through a lot of the video; and this is so wrong!!!! I hope you’re ok from this saddening/probably annoying situation.
yikes I am glad you found out relatively quickly
Can you please share your MUN research templates + techniques? I know you have a video on it but you mentioned that you had a very specific template! I have four conferences for this year so it'd be great to have a template
I would have reported them to the school. You know why? In school they always say, would you want a dr. practicing medicine and treating you if they cheated their way through school? Uh, that's a hard NO. Probably isn't the first time they plagiarized. I have a very black and white view on this as a future vet. I worked my ass off to get into vet school and if I knew someone got into school by cheating their way in... Ugh.
It also reminds me of all the wealthy kids (à la Donald Trump) who just paid their way in and then, later on, obtain these super prestigious jobs that they're clearly not qualified for.
Same. In uni, you are proving that you can gather data &information, form an educated opinion on it, and present it in a comprehensive way to your audience. If you aren’t harnessing those skills, then you shouldn’t be there. Universities have different programs to help you work on your weaknesses. It’s your responsibility to take advantage of what your tuition is paying for.
If he even made a TH-cam video about it, I wonder how sure he must've been that he wasn't gonna get caught.
What's the name of his channel?
@@dane1235 I don't know actually, sorry :(
@@dane1235 its Oscar Yinn
@@tuxedomask4771 how do you know that for sure?
@@sangat4315 no it’s arpi park
you can take her work as an inspiration for creative writing, how she construct it, did she start with facts,opinions, or did she point out the problems in introduction, how did she use words, etc. , something like this, Not copying the entire essay and just change the objectives.
Yay, a new video! Also, what you said about plagiarism and impostor syndrome is so on point - don't plagiarise! ps. I love your hair.
It’s one thing to read sample essays or a good essay and take inspiration from it. By inspiration meaning like how to sound formal, maybe a word choice, adjective, etc. and maybe try to implement something similar into your essay because that is a way you can improve your writing. But it’s another thing to just blatantly plagiarize, and change like one or two sentences. I think there’s a fine line between taking inspiration from a piece of work and plagiarism.
glad you talked about this. love your videos, chloe!
Speaking of not being able to identify olagiarism... I worked organizing an art project that require all the members to do research and write like a mini-essay on the subject they choose for their art piece that everyone would send me so I could format it and edited to make it a cohesive document and almost everyone (except for one) sent me a copy-paste of an article they found on their subject. I introduce the text of the first mini-essay to a "plagarism detector" online and it said that it wasn't plagiarized, but when I googled the first paragraph I found the blog it was taken from in the first result... HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN???
Also, we are all in university, so I don't even understand why they thought it was ok to plagiarize in first place :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
the first paragraph was in arpi park’s stanford short response essays with only a couple words changed
This person is probably watching rn lmao
I have no idea what all of this is but I watched the whole thing
If this was the college i enrolled in, this guy wouldve been caught right away and get expelled immediately. How does this college not check for plagiarism?? To me its just baffling someone could get away with that and wouldve never been caught if he didnt make a video about it.. imagine how many people did the same thing
At least when this over you know that your essay is legit enough to get in twice
People really do be taking advantage, disappointing
I didnt put a piece of mine in my portfolio i worked on because I realized midway the one of the few reference photos was a painting (small phone screen) and felt guilty for it. How do you like post online you cheated?
What the actual hell - I swear to god college apps reveals all the evil in people 😔
did someone offer you $$$ to write their essays?
Ok but, I would like everyone to appreciate your hair. 👏👏👌
I think you should definitely report this to their college. They'll do what they think is fit, but they need to be aware of prior plagiarism. It speaks to someone's ethics as a student, even if they become better people.
His apology letter is not an apology it's an attempt to pass as the victim 🤦♀️
Absolutely! He knew he plagiarized her essay! He's only sorry he got caught!
Yeah. I'm kind of annoyed at Chloe that she accepted his apology, because it was clear to me halfway through that it was not a genuine apology for the unethical act of plagiarism he committed. If it were an apology, he would have directly accepted that he stole her words and tried to pass them off as his own. He would not have said he has no idea "how and why" his essay sounds exactly like hers. That is NOT an apology for plagiarism, that is an apology for getting caught.
@@helenatube wait who was the guy that plagiarized? People were saying it was April park. Was it?
@@roka745 well no shit he apologized cause he got caught. That’s a natural human instinct.
@@michaelw7327 Do you not understand the analogy or what? "He's only sorry he got caught." In other words, he doesn't actually care that he plagiarized. He only apologized to save face, not because he actually meant it.
This is EXACTLY why I refuse to post the essays that got me into Stanford, Princeton, Dartmouth, Duke, NYU Etc... yall like to steal. Super sorry u had to go through this sis!
But admission committee do check for plagiarism right?
@@nainithag9567 Do you know who it was that plagiarized her?
@@johntucker3695 He deleted the video so I don't remember his name
@@johntucker3695 ppl are saying its Oscar Yinn
@@vamei29 you've got sources?
That’s horrible. There’s consequences if a university catches someone plagiarizing, but they give little protection or policies for those whose works have been plagiarized.
I admire that you chose not to disclose that person's identity, which is something I would do otherwise. The reason being is that I was a victim of plagiarism at one of my classes for my master's. A classmate of mine, asked to read one of my essay assignments before the due date. Without much thinking, also because I was still revising it, I handed them the hard-copy version with my revision notes on. One week after the due date, I was accused of being plagiarism, as the professor received two almost identical essays. However, they chose to believe that I was the one who plagiarized, because that person who had read my work was a US citizen who were born and raised in the US with English being their first and only language, whereas, I'm from a non-English speaking country. Basically, the committee members just didn't believe that a non-native English speaker can have a better grasp of the English language than that of a native speaker, hence, it had to be that I had copied their essay. After a tedious and time-consuming process of submitting evidence, the committee finally believed me. However, they chose and asked me keep silent about this "mishap", as I'm quoting the word used by them, and didn't reprimand that person in any shape or form. I'm talking about no failing for that class or suspension or warning letter. The only they received that was remotely a punishment was zero points for that assignment he plagiarized. That's why I abhor and loathe people who commit or committed such an act. Also that's why I would personally choose to disclose their identity, if it were up to me.
Wow thanks for sharing, I'm sorry you have to deal with this. You got a new subscriber tho! Congrats on your acceptances love :p
what the heck!? thats crazy! ps I love your hair!
AHHH when someone I know comments on a video... ♡ thanks fam
OK, the “apology” letter _clearly_ demonstrates the plagiarists’ true English writing skills. Swallow your ego and apologise for real, geez.
(true) but i guess he/she did apologize... via the letter...
I was thinking the sammme thing lol
commenting just for the algorithm to pick up because this needs to be forwarded more
I got this video as a recommendation, and I’m glad I did even though I am right out pissed off my this situation.
Girl tell me why youtubers are over here abusing the little guy... my most recent vid is abt another situation where one took advantage of my work. Just embarrassing for them 🤦🏻♀️
So I know this is irrelevant at least for this kind of video, but u r SO STUNNING Chloe !
Thank you bb a lot of indecision was behind the hair decision :-;
@@asynchloe u look absolutely gorgeous with this hairstyle!!!!!!!!!!
This really pisses me off. As a senior who has just submitted my last application, I know how much time has to be devoted to these writings. And to think that some random person who had no aspiration to write his own got into colleges like UC Berkley while taking away a spot of someone who dreamt of getting in, I am getting too fdasofjpdsafopanoingpasnpdgnfosdnofnoadnofnalsdnfladnsiofnaodngoangpdsn!!!!!!!!!!
Unrelated but where is your necklace from? It's super cute!
arent there plagiarism tools that are installed in collage essay submissions? how did this go through!
I'm curious how you will prevent people from sharing your data among themselves so that they don't have to pay individually?
It's good for the person who plagiarized to learn the lesson early on.
what’s the startup to help ppl applying to colleges called?
off topic but where's your necklace from? It's so cute!!
I just ate my popcorn and watched it like a movie. *drama*
Omg I remember watching that video and now I can’t find it. Glad you found out!
You handled this so maturely and it’s *muwah*
interesting that you said that. I felt the person was able to write the essay and just got lazy. There are a ton of people out there that can't write. Your action to start your new project is fantastic.
This popped up on my algorithm and ... I never expected anyone to actually copy the essay... me and my friends joked about it... like how admission officers wouldn't know... I really can't understand how he or she bravely copied
and posting it on yt too, theyve got balls lol
@@omamori8930 yeah I know right if you are gonna copy it then... just be secret... why would you posted in the worldly wide known youtube
I know this isn't relevant to the video... but what camera or lens do you use? I love the look of it!
wow this is insane, and uchicago is like a really hard school to get into here in chicago
The exact thing has been happening to me in the opposite. Whenever I debate someone and post my sources, my comments get deleted by youtube. Whereas you just got straight up plagiarized.
How could the colleges not detect plagiarism especially considering u applied to the same school. There has to be some sort of detector in the common app software or colleges own admission process
don't worry Chloe! I was having a sorta conversation with an admission officer from Stanford University and just like anything else, asked him a couple of personal questions like how do you make sure that the potential candidate hasn't like stolen the whole essay and like how do you figure out that the student got a significant amount of help from his supervisors or else. They told me that they use several apps and online exclusive paid platforms and custom created AI machines to detect plagiarism in the essays, which basically means that the admission officers are safe from scammer's lies.
Plagiarism in college application essays is probably nothing new already for the past 50 years, I'm sure! College admissions officers should install a machine designed to detect similarities in millions of essays that are submitted every year and catch offenders easily!! Perhaps make the applicants sign honor pledges that they didn't cheat with anything on their applications? And even if they cheated, then they would easily fail out of the schools naturally!!!
I feel like all college apps have similar language so this wouldn’t be effective.
My University has that, it's called Blackboard, and it analyzes everything, from phrasing to checking if we have the right references cited. In addition, we have to sign an affidavit stating we did not plagiarize and the work submitted is ours. The percent allowed for similarities may differ from faculty to faculty (mine allowed 20%).
But even so, more often than not, the comission in charge of evaluations turns a blind eye when the % is surpassed, because having a big number of graduates = more funding.
Man and it just took my freshmen highschool professor like 2 minutes to run my essay through turn it in and check if it was plagerized ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Bahahah the fact that you could recognize ur essay like I could not tell what my college app essay look like I only remember topics😂😂also who posts about something when they plagiarize something...
The fact that his grammar is bad in the letter too 😭😭
Plagiarism feels like a crime. Id be furious if i found out someone copied my pieces. And thats why i quit cheating on anything in general. The difficult way is the only way.
It is a crime. It’s actually possible to take legal action.
Seems we need a "Doing Honest Work in High School."
For anyone who doesn't know 5 consecutive words copied from someone else (unless it's a quote, listing something, or any other instance that would make sense) is considered plagiarism. This person was out here copying entire sentences, word for word.
@Rara Si
The sentence, "Yet I knew I needed to veer away from aggression to be a good" is 14 consecutive copied words (8 consecutive copied words if you're not including I, and, to, a, etc.). Anything more than 5 is plagiarism, and the other similarities are just too much for it to be a coincidence. 😬
oh shit... wow, ya, this is complete plagiarism,
they didn't paraphrase that properly
Are there any updates?
Ok but ur thumbnail game is on point.
You’re essay was amazing.
wait ... did that person only plagiarize 1 or two paragraphs? or was the whole essay (Multiple paragraphs) plagarized?
your hair looks fucking GORGEOUS
Unrelated but I love your hair!!
This reminds be when in hs you have to be in groups and do project and some were lazy so the ones who willing to do are the one doing it which i help out some but we still need to write the whole group members names which i felt it’s upsetting because the few who did not do anything gets credits too
I really hope they get expelled. This is not okay at all.
wow this was the first video of yours i've watched, and im really stunned by your eloquence and how well you articulated your thoughts on plagiarism and the impacts it had on you. you seem like someone who'll make the world a nicer place :') take care fam
I hate this happened to you. As a student, I have looked at papers written by others for inspiration. Sometimes you see different points of view or even just a great way to get your own point across. Those papers have been extremely helpful with my brainstorming for a paper. To that point, I have cited dissertations by doctoral students in my own work, but that includes using ONE sentence and giving credit. To copy your entire paper (and not just facts from a book, your actual experiences) is unacceptable.
Hi Chloe. I wanted to share with you that aside from English ability or time constraints, a possible catalyst for plagiarism can also be self esteem issues (idk this specific person but I’m just saying in general when people plagiarise essays). I know so many people who binge college YT videos and feel like AOs will be blasé reading your entire life story because everyone else’s seems more interesting than yours. Not to excuse plagiarism in any way, but it seems that that is a mindset issue that needs to change.
I shared your visceral reaction of anger as I watched this video. Writing my common app was an emotionally exhausting difficult experience that required so much thought and soul searching. The prospect of someone using my personal work would really infuriate me, so I really respect your maturity in this video.
not to justify his actions AT ALL... but I think this is part of the reason why students should be very apprehensive about posting their college essays to schools they have been accepted (especially well known and sought after schools like UChicago). I’m currently starting my grad school program at UChicago and would be so hurt if my own stories and experiences were taken by someone else. Obviously you can do what you would like on the internet, but I think this is a great example of why sharing admissions essays may not always be smart. Another option is explaining the content of your work without sharing the actual wording and text. Anyways, I hope that kid is denied from every school he applied to because he deserves it!