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Your IA essay is fine, it just leaves me with a few questions. "mistake with integrity of hw" doesn't really make sense. Maybe instead, describe what your understanding was and what you misunderstood. the rest is fine
 
You copied someone else's work. That was not a "mistake"; it was deliberate.

"As a freshman, I took my first computer science class in Spring 2018. I made a mistake with the integrity of my homework. I was cited for plagiarism and unauthorized collaboration. I was notified of both of these violations after the end of the semester, in May and June of 2018. I take full responsibility for not properly completing the assignment.
 
AspiringPremed2025 said:
I understand that, but it was still a mistake in my judgment at the time, over eight years ago. I am trying to take responsibility for my mistake. How would you suggest I word it?

I appreciate your advice.
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You received a suggestion on how to word it. Keep it simple and fact-based. Make sure you connect with your school to see how they would want you to phrase the citation and confirm whether the incident has been removed from their records.
 
AspiringPremed2025 said:
Yes, and that is what I plan to do. Honesty is really important to me.

I've edited my letter to the suggestions here and wanted to get your input, if possible, before I submit my application.


"As a freshman, I was cited for plagiarism and unauthorized collaboration on homework in my computer science class. I was notified of both violations after the end of the semester, in May and June of 2018.

I received a disciplinary warning, a zero on both homework assignments, and an integrity assignment.

From that, I’ve learned the importance of academic integrity. I promised myself to stay honest and upright. I have since maintained a perfect disciplinary record for the past 7.5 years."

I would like to expand more about how I changed after making that stupid mistake, but its a 500 char word limit.
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What you have here seems fine to me.
 
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