Hey guys! I know the title makes me come across as some sort of cheater who tried plagiarizing an essay, I promise this is not the case lol (just trying to employ a bit of clickbait). Truth is, the other day, I was unfortunately rejected from the University of Notre Dame REA. Now, I had everything they were looking for, great ECs (president of student council, president of nhs, president of two clubs, etc.) I had a 36 ACT and a 4.5 GPA as well on a 4.0 scale with 13 AP classes. The only thing I can possibly think of rejecting me for is the essays. It turns out, I put my essay onto pastebin about a month ago mistakenly, and it appears the link got published and moved to a website called nopasteme. I know it was stupid to make it into a pastebin and then have it uploaded, but I contacted the pastebin admins and had them take down the link. Unfortunately, when you type the first paragraph or so of the essay into google, the full essay comes up on a weird site called “nopasteme,” word for word. Though I did not put it on this site, it seems it somehow amde its way from pastebin to nopasteme. I believe this is the reason I was rejected, as that search result is the first (and only) search result that comes up when I type my essay into google, and its the whole thing word for word. Anyone know
a) is this the reason I was rejected?
b) how do I get this taken down ASAP so it doesn’t hurt chances for other colleges
c) does it hurt chances for other colleges at all, maybe they’ll know it was me who uploaded since it was word for word?
Thanks, all insight appreciated.