<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.
Thank you for your time reading this post and helpful responses will be very much appreciated.</p>
<p>Uh yeah, if turnitin is being used, your prof will know what’s up whether you come clean or not. I’d go talk to her immediately about it and hope she doesn’t flip out. Going through some bad stuff, got help with the paper, accidentally turned in the “help” copy… sorry, I’m an idiot. No idea why you’d consider showing your father’s death certificate. That just screams “desperate cheat got caught and will stop at nothing to avoid repercussions”.</p>
<p>Thank you for your response. 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>