Will colleges charge me with plagiarizing myself?

College Essays
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<p>I joined CC yesterday, and I posted an essay that I wrote because I just really wanted feedback on it. Being completely brand new to CC, I didn't know that I couldn't delete posts. Now I'm very worried that I will have to totally scrap the essay I posted because if I submit it with my applications, colleges will detect that it was 90%-100% plagiarized because I have my first draft of it on this website. I did not include my name anywhere in the post because I wasn't thinking along the lines of protecting my own essay from myself.</p>

<p>Should I accept that I can no longer consider submitting this essay with my applications, or is there a way for me to still use it and not be charged with plagiarism?</p>

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<p>If you really want to be safe!just do another !or call the university you want to apply at and ask!</p>

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<p>I think you’re fine to be honest. Not too sure though.</p>

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<p>On the common app, you check a box that attests that the essay is “your own work”. If the essay you’re using is your own and not someone else’s, how would it be a problem?</p>

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<p>It’s a UC essay, so I don’t know if it will have that option like on the Common App. :confused: Do you think that they will look into the matter if they find that there’s a copy of my essay on the internet?</p>