University Of Chicago Application Essays 2010

How does a school know if a student fibbed/fudged/lied? A common practice is for college admissions officers to call up high schools to verify a student’s activities and awards.

College admissions officers have also called jobs, internship organizers, and places where students have performed public service.

This white paper explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct.

Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going through tenure review with significant pressure to publish.

College application essays are now being compared to a huge database of collected information and what’s already on the web. At International College Counselors, we believe that every student has a gem of an essay within them.

While most schools don’t publicize whether or not they use this detection system, at Penn State 29 students were rejected in 2010 because of plagiarism on the college application. What they need to do is find that kernel of truth – and remember to proofread.Say International College Counselors: No matter how desperately a student wants to get into a school, don’t lie on the college application.If a university finds out a student has lied on an application or essay – even a little – they’re getting rejected, almost guaranteed.As any parent or student who has worked with International College Counselors knows, what Adler says in the article is true, “she has parents sign a form, part of which establishes that her counselors will ‘review, not do’ the essay.” “I’m not going to write an essay,” she tells the Times readers.“It’s an ethical question and it’s a line I won’t cross.But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to "self-plagiarize," is the ethics behind self-plagiarism.Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism.While there is a chance a student won’t be caught, do they really want to risk it. If a student delivered meals to homebound senior citizens in their community, he or she shouldn’t write that they ended world hunger.Of course, there’s nothing wrong with presenting yourself in a positive way.The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as "literary theft." The verb to "plagiarize" is defined as: According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism.However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to "plagiarize" similarly with the additional description in the second definition below: So, in the Webster definition, recycling one's own papers would fall under "to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source" and is, therefore, considered plagiarism.