<p>If a teacher sends a plagiarized recommendation letter how do colleges react to this. Do they respond if they spot the plagiarism? How can this affect the entire school and its students?</p>
<p>Please elaborate regarding the “plagiarized recommendation:”
- Plagiarized from whom?
- With or without consent?
- How frequently used?
- Totally plagiarized, or simply the use of themes, outline, conclusions, etc.?</p>
<p>There’s likely to be a great difference between Mr. x (a high school English teacher) once employing Ms. y’s (who teaches social studies in the adjoining classroom) excellent recommendation letter and, for example, something downloaded from the internet and utilized thousands of times.</p>
<p>I agree with @toptier that some clarification is needed. Do you mean that two teachers at your school are sending in letters about you that each contain portions that are identical to the other?</p>
<p>Teachers send “generic” letters all the time, I’m sure schools see those quite often and think nothing of it. It won’t count against you, but it’s not going to be the “plus” that an individualized letter would be.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if someone in admissions is a classic movie fan and they got something like “@justdoitnow is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life”, then you might have something to worry about.</p>