I’ve written a fairly good college essay that I found I could use in applying for a job, but a computer crash from a year ago deleted it.
It was four years ago when I submitted it to Berkeley and Standford. Do you think they’ll still have it in their databases?
I’m thinking they might do, but I can’t check right now (offices closed). It’s my understanding that colleges scan through their databases for plagiarism and such, so you think one of them might still have it?
<p>Good question. Anyone?</p>
<p>Thats what i want to know. Do the UCs keep track of the old essays?</p>
<p>I've read about a couple of schools that keep application files for about one year. I would be surprised if they were kept much longer than that but it's certainly worth a phone call to ask.</p>
<p>My friend accidentally plagiazed something for his essay and is so worried about it. He called admissions and found out that they keep your essays on file while you are at the college if you are accepted. What he is worried about is that if someone from coming years were to have used the same idea he did from the website he found information on, the campuses might remember and then revoke his admission. Do you know whether this happens at UC schools or whether it is likely to happen? :(</p>
<p>How does one accidentally plagiarize?</p>
<p>well i guess it wasnt an accident, but it wasnt his intention. he paraphrased a sentence or two and used a sentence directly apparently</p>
<p>What? Haha</p>
<p>Don't make any mistakes about it-you can't "mistakenly" plagiarize. He knew what he was doing, and he was caught.</p>