<p>I was just wondering about this. If one wrote a paper and submitted it for two classes (the classes have similar paper topics), would this be considered plagiarism? Has anyone done this?</p>
<p>I've never been in a position to do this, but I do know that in every class that I've had to write an essay for, the teachers have explicitly told us not to reuse papers we'd written for other classes.</p>
<p>I'd ask the teacher when the situation actually comes up. I've had teachers say it is plagiarism (though that seems a little absurd to me...), but I think there are others who would be okay with it, if asked.</p>
<p>I think it depends on the school. At my old college they specifically stipulated that re-using papers was considered plagiarism (I don't know how you could plagiarize yourself).</p>
<p>It probably won't work, anyway. The paper will be tilted towards one of the classes and you'll get a lousy grade for the other one.</p>
<p>Professional academic ethics says that 25% similarity is acceptable - so if you can "spin" the paper topic towards the other course with that ratio, it could work. But in my experience, you'll probably do better with an entirely different topic.</p>
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<p>That's oddly funny. I sort of plagiarized myself today by rehashing the a paper I wrote last semester by the same teacher. It was the same assignment anyway and it wasn't word for word. Both papers were for an Anthropology class and the question was a one page assignment on defining oneself.</p>
<p>My school considers it plagiarism, or at least, a form of academic dishonesty. Honestly, though, I think you'd have a harder time trying to write one paper that fits two sets of requirements (despite similar topics) than you would writing two separate papers. Also, you shouldn't count on your professor not being able to tell that your paper wasn't specifically written for that class. </p>
<p>What might work, though, is if you write a paper for a class and then ask the professor of the other class if s/he'd consider letting you use the first paper as the basis for the second (obviously not using it word for word but perhaps expanding on the topic and doing more in-depth research).</p>
<p>I've turned in a paper 4 times, but I've reworked it each time. I wrote it first semester sophomore year and then had an assignment second semester where it fit nearly perfectly. I edited it some for content and turned it back in, and then last semester two classes had writing assignments where it would work, although one required a pretty drastic (~75%) rewrite. I've mentioned it to each professor and they've always thought it was funny and didn't care. So yeah ask your professor.</p>
<p>I would just take one paper, write it for one class... then take it edit it for the other class enough that its not completely similar. If the topic is similar I don't even see how I could churn out a 2nd paper after the 1st one @_@ my brain would be dead.</p>
<p>I rehashed my college essay several times for many applications.. different from this but you see how this sorta goes.</p>
<p>at my school it is plagarism.</p>
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<p>I was just wondering about this. If one wrote a paper and submitted it for two classes (the classes have similar paper topics), would this be considered plagiarism? Has anyone done this? >></p>
<p>It's been quite some time since I was in school, but I consider it one of my proudest academic accomplishments AND a great lesson in time management.</p>
<p>I two very involved papers assigned and due at the same time one of my years... one paper for English/Writing and the other for Political Science. With the rest of the my workload plus "extracurricular" activities AND a job, there was simply NO WAY that I'd ever be able to do two entirely different papers with any quality, much less finish them at all.</p>
<p>So, I sat down and thought long and hard to come up with a single topic that would satisfy both classes. It's been too long so I can't remember what topic I arrived at, but each teacher approved the topic and I essentially killed two birds with one stone. I do recall having to make a slight alteration to the concluding paragraph for one class, but they were essentially the same paper. I got an A on one and an A- on the other.</p>
<p>It wasn't cheating or plagiarism committed against myself... it was a lesson in resource management. I fulfilled all the requirements demanding of both classes AND did not have to risk having any of the other aspects of my schooling and life suffer for it.</p>
<p>At my school, we're supposed to get prior approval from both instructor's to use a paper for two classes the same semester. If we reuse (or largely reuse with some editing) a paper from a previous semester, we need to get approval from the current instructor. Our school considers violations of this policy to be academic dishonesty, but not plagiarism.</p>
<p>You can most certainly plagiarize yourself. In academia, this is almost as bad as just copying somebody else's work.</p>
<p>It's not so much the idea of stealing... as it is of trying to say you did work which you didn't. If you use previously written material, cite yourself. I'm not even kidding.</p>
<p>so why isn't it plagiarism to submit the same essay to two different colleges?</p>
<p>It is.</p>
<p>Just because nobody calls you out on it, or you don't get caught, doesn't change the fact that it's plagiarism.</p>
<p>It is considered academic dishonesty at my school (though not necessarily plagiarism). Also, if you don't do significant revising, it'll probably be obvious.</p>
<p>Submitting the same essay to two different schools via the Common App is accepted - that's why the Common App exists. However, you are expected to write as separate essay for each school within their supplement - and theoretically, you shouldn't use them twice.</p>
<p>There's a website devoted to plagiarism. It goes into some detail about what it is and why people frown on it.</p>
<p>I would say that even in an essay you're submitting to multiple places, it should be noted at the bottom. If it's an essay you already wrote in class, say, and you just find it lying around, note that on the bottom of the essay.</p>
<p>Otherwise, you're implying that you sat down and wrote that specific essay with the intent of sending it one and only one place, and while it's not a very important matter (usually), it's still dishonest.</p>
<p>Here at Villanova, it's considered plagiarism to reuse an essay without explicitly asking permission (and getting it) from the professor who you are handing it into the second time.</p>
<p>I don't see how it's plagiarism. The key phrase in any definition you'll find of plagiarism is taking * someone else's * work and passing it off as your own. Yourself is not someone else. It makes no sense. And I say, hey, if CommonApp lets you submit the same essay to multiple colleges, then how is it plagiarism? Answer: It's simply not.</p>
<p>not allowed at my school</p>