<p>So, what are your experiences with Turnitin? Do you write your papers more carefully when you know it is going to go to Turnitin? Have any professors bounced your papers back to you because of high similarity numbers?</p>
<p>I've used it a few times for my ToK papers, and have never had any problems with it. As far as I know, my friends have not either... </p>
<p>Not sure how extensive the "similarity numbers" were in my case, but ToK papers are largely not research papers, more thinking papers, so like, 95% of the ideas were mine.</p>
<p>i only have had one professor said that they will use turn it in. i always cite my sources carefully and give credit because in college, you never know when a teacher might check and i dont want to get kicked out of college for plagiarisms</p>
<p>I had to do a paper for my history class that went through turnitin. I was paranoid and cited everything that even mentioned something in the book. I got a good grade on it, so I guess I did something right.</p>
<p>Never had any problems with it - and I write a lot of papers (philosophy major).</p>
<p>My high school son has to turn all papers in to turnitin first. He has had no problems. If a high schooler can cite sources properly, I am sure you can handle it :)!</p>
<p>No problems, but it does make me paranoid that I may actually be using a phrase I've heard from another paper, subconciously</p>
<p>I used it 2 years ago (10th grade), and it was obnoxious.</p>
<p>One of my papers came back saying it was 28% copied, and when I checked the comparison stats, it was all b.s. things such as minor phrases or key-words that are common place and can't be plagiarized.</p>
<p>(My dislike could also be because I absolutely despised the teacher- she was terrible.)</p>