<p>I made a horrific mistake, I am a transfer to UCI and I am currently in a 1 unit pass no pass biology writing course. As of late I have been diagnosed with prediabetes. My father passed few years ago due to diabetes. This has affected my academics. I am currently failing 2 of my other classes, on top of this my mother has been going thru legal problems. We had a 3rd paper to write, and because of stresses with other classes and also with personal problems I had my friend help me with writing my 3rd paper. I had submitted a wrong copy, the copy I had submitted was a rough draft my friend helped me write, whom he had already taken the class last year. I had submitted the rough draft to turnitin.com and it matched 53% plagiarism. It cited the source to my friend's paper who took the class last year. Now, I submitted the paper 2 days ago, and my professor has not contacted me. But, do you think it is wise I meet with her in person and come honest then me waiting for her to see that I have done academic dishonesty? I talked with the TA asking what % is academic dishonesty and she stated 40-50% is considered academic dishonesty. I can provide my professor with my father's death certificate and my lab work results. The reason why I would show my father's death certificate or my lab results is basically for proof. I want to come in with proof to back what I tell her. I figured I would do/show anything possible just to not get expelled (worst case scenario). </p>
<p>Thank you for your time reading this post and helpful responses will be very much appreciated.</p>