I bet most people would say that it's ethical to have a few people proofread your personal statement, but where do you draw the line?
Today I'm stressing about the fact that I asked several people (four this year, some on about three drafts each; not to mention asking for help from several people last year on an earlier draft) for help revising/editing the medical school essay. Most of the edits were grammatical, choice of words and phrases, adding a few words or phrases here and there, etc.. They also offered some major suggestions for ways to revise it, some of which I tried out.
How can I claim it's mine if I changed words, phrases, etc., and even included/excluded major ideas, etc., based on other people's advice/suggestions? Any thoughts on this? Anyone else worrying about this?
I can rewrite it if I need to. But I'd prefer to keep it ...
Today I'm stressing about the fact that I asked several people (four this year, some on about three drafts each; not to mention asking for help from several people last year on an earlier draft) for help revising/editing the medical school essay. Most of the edits were grammatical, choice of words and phrases, adding a few words or phrases here and there, etc.. They also offered some major suggestions for ways to revise it, some of which I tried out.
How can I claim it's mine if I changed words, phrases, etc., and even included/excluded major ideas, etc., based on other people's advice/suggestions? Any thoughts on this? Anyone else worrying about this?
I can rewrite it if I need to. But I'd prefer to keep it ...