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[Mr.Smile12]

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I made a mistake with the integrity of my homework.

Could you be more specific and tell us what this means? I don't think you need this sentence, but more specific details would be good.

 

[MD_Maker]

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

 

[LizzyM]

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.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

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.

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.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thank you and Lizzy for the advice. The school has it on its record but will not disclose it to schools. I believe that some of the admissions people here have said to mention it anyways. Is that correct?

I think just about all of us experts agree it is better to disclose it.

 

[LizzyM]

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.

What you have here seems fine to me.

 

[LizzyM]

The fact that you are 7.5 years removed from this incident makes it different, IMHO, than something that happened 18 months ago. Many of us made errors in judgment - the trick is to learn from them and not to repeat them. It appears that you have done so.