<p>I agree, don’t give any warning–and act soon if you are going to act. He’s probably unethical enough that he might sense your ambivalence and beat you to the punch.</p>
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<p>Exactly what I was thinking…chances that the same person might read the essay are greater.</p>
<p>you can be very honest in approaching the college. Tell them you feel extremely awkward and that this is a difficult situation for you. They should understand! I would keep to the truth, though. If you start fudging it, then you may end up hurting yourself in the process.</p>
<p>Okay so the call is to contact the college. The only thing holding me back so far is that if the college does not find on its own (possible since its a big one), I might create a problem for myself by bringing this issue into light.</p>
<p>well, it might be a problem if you’re being less than honest with us about the role your friend played in this process. Again, when you speak to them, tell that you feel very uncomfortable about what you are doing, but you feel that you need to be honest. Don’t do it in a way that shows like you’re just dying to rat out your friend, but that you are faced with a dilemma and wanted to talk to them about it. That’s my advice. Can’t guarantee I’m right, but there is no one answer for you anyway. good luck</p>
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<p>You’re afraid that they will put BOTH your decisions in limbo while they get to the bottom of this mess. Right now, you look like a guy who is trying to be honest.</p>
<p>But what will happen if they do find out and you didn’t tell them first? You look like a guy who allowed this kid to copy your essay at best–at worst, it looks like you two may have written it together and agreed to allow both to use it.</p>
<p>I guess you have to decide how to roll the dice…</p>
<p>@ellemenope… I get what you are saying.</p>
<p>Director of admissions should be expecting a call/ email soon!</p>
<p>Well, if I am following this right, it doesn’t matter whether he “helped” you in any way. He could have simply seen your essay.</p>
<p>I can’t give you definite advice on whether to contact the college, but I can give some background. </p>
<p>Nearly all applications from a region are reviewed by that region’s rep, then other reviewers. Most kids, the great bulk of them, do not have very unique topics- so, reviewers get a kind of blur- “oh, another essay on x.” When an essay is super, yeah, it can move them. I still remember a few from three years ago. Those three or four, yeah, I’d ask myself, haven’t I seen this wording before? </p>
<p>But, would I REMEMBER which candidate had submitted it (ie, YOU)? Nope. Some adcoms remember particular applicants well, when there is some sort of absolute uniqueness (oh, that girl who lived on a boat. Oh, yeah, he was the basket weaver from Name It high school.) Depending on where you are, how many other applied from your hs, they may not be able to pull together all the details that point to you specifically.</p>
<p>If my kid had this problem, I would think hard about sitting tight. I would say, wait to see if there is an issue. </p>
<p>And, if there is a concern, why not speak with your GC, who can give pro advice? And, possibly run interference, of needed?</p>
<p>OP: Relax, there is nothing to worry about. You’re making mountain out of a molehill. </p>
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<p>No, I don’t think so. </p>
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<p>No, it should not put you in trouble. Your friend might get into trouble if the adcoms have any reason to believe that the essay was plagarised.</p>
<p>Excellent advice lookingforward.
Thank you so much.</p>