If a person in grade 8 has plagiarism under their record will it hurt the chances of colleges ? or will it not go on a record at all?
As a person who has gotten caught for plagiarism multiple times I can answer this for you easily. No it will absolutely not go on your permanent record if you do it in middle school and it’s your first time. Whatever high school you go to, no one there will even know about it. I have gotten in trouble with plagiarism in high school multiple times from freshmen year to junior year but none of them went in my permanent record, I just got disciplinary actions. The only way you will need to report it to colleges is if you get suspended out of school for plagiarism which is near impossible. Every time I got caught for plagiarism I got phone call home and a 0 on the assignment in high school, so don’t worry about it at all and just focus on your studies and fixing your mistake.