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What a load of crap. You are not in grade school and you knew what you were doing. If you did not know what you were doing, then you are too stupid to be admitted to med school Go sell cars.
What a load of crap. You are not in grade school and you knew what you were doing. If you did not know what you were doing, then you are too stupid to be admitted to med school Go sell cars.
I definitely agree with most of what you guys are saying. Never did I say that I was going to not check the box or never tell med schools about this.
dasaniwater said:When I submit AMCAS, I wont check the box.
Many people have said to wait a year to apply. The more I think about it and read these posts, the more I am leaning towards waiting another year. Also, my mcat is below 30, but GPA is great and applying early would make me a more decent candidate. But, since I know this appeal process will take 10 days to submit an appeal, and other 3-4 weeks for a decision, then maybe I should wait another 4-5 weeks instead of waiting a year. Would put me at a disadvantage though, because I'd apply mid-July? My stats aren't stellar so I am guessing it would. hmmmmm..what do you all think?
Therein lies a problem. It is plagiarism to use scientific facts if the facts are not common knowledge. If I wrote an assignment on the use of 40Ar-36Ar and 15N-14N isotopes and how it provides higher resolution paleoclimate record than methane and 18O-16O records, it is "scientific fact", but I would still have to cite Severinghaus and Brook (1999).In our instance, we gave answers to questions that professor and TAs knew exactly where it was coming from; the article. The fact that we stated actually scientific facts is not plagairism. For example: If I write down that mercury is the closet planet to the sun. Would I have to cite who came up with the idea, or is it a scientific fact that needs no citing? What we did is similar to what question I posed to you, just more complex.
That is a roundabout argument. You used information from a scientific article without citing it, and then rationalized that you didn't need to cite it because it is from a scientific article. 😕Lastly, we used words on the article and specific sentences because we weren'y saying those ideas were our own. It is kind of hard basing your all opinions without looking at exactly what we did and what not, so I can see where you are thinking "Plagairism is this and this and anything else is different." It just isnt the case in this incident that what we did definitely constitutes plagairism or is definitely not.
dasaniwater:
I would place your offense on the lesser side of such a continuum.
If I was an interviewer and you were able to convince me that you were a very kind, humble, and compassionate person, I wouldn't hold this particular plagiarism offense against you.
This transgression will appear on your transcript - it is not going to go away because you did not "check" a box on the application. And when they piece it together and figure out that you lied on the app, you can kiss med school bye bye forever...
a lot of people in college get academic misconduct, it seems like now a days it is given out for the most unreasonable things. I dont think it will hurt your chances greatly for medical school. some people on this thread are saying to find a new career blah blah blah... I am sure tons of applicants have academic misconducts they give them out daily in college. Just be honest on your application and I am sure you will be asked about it at interviews however i dont think they will just toss away your app just because you have an academic misconduct.
a student with drug abuse records
I wonder if you realize that the author of your signature quotation, Dr Osler, proverbial patron saint of this profession, was addicted to morphine / opiates?
But Like I said before, I dont think we plagairized. see my above comments as to why
This comment suggest that you are very naive. Academic institutions such as medical schools take this very seriously, as they should. Otherwise, the basic premise on which these institutions operate is undermined. If you think this is trivial, then you, also, should apply for a job at your local used car lot.
Didn't your parents teach you anything when you were little? What is the basis for your morality, or is the word, "morality," an alien concept?
This comment suggest that you are very naive. Academic institutions such as medical schools take this very seriously, as they should. Otherwise, the basic premise on which these institutions operate is undermined. If you think this is trivial, then you, also, should apply for a job at your local used car lot.
Didn't your parents teach you anything when you were little? What is the basis for your morality, or is the word, "morality," an alien concept?
I think that stating that we didnt intend on plagairizing will help us. Also stating the failing a class for an unintentional act is crazy might help us.
Searun....Yes actually this is more trivial than you are making sound. It could have been far worse. He could have written a lab report and claimed information as his own. Could have been worse, he could have just photocopied an unacquainted classmates answers. Now if he did THAT, I wouldn't even say "Sorry, good luck with everything."
It is you, my friend, who is being naive by refusing to acknowledge that there are in fact degrees of plagiarism. I would also go as far as to say you are being ignorant...especially with all the comments about used car salesmen. Did it occur to you that perhaps someone's parents here ARE used car salesmen?? Perhaps you don't know some good salesmen...I know a couple that pull in six figures..that doesn't seem so bad does it?
As for morality--your morality is your own. Do not impose. Yes different morals ARE possible, think about the variety of situations people grow up in. I know, I know, news to me too!. Stop being so hostile, and open up that sheltered mind of yours. Theres a great quote..maybe you've heard it..."if you don't have anything nice to say don't say it all." Replace the "nice" with helpful.
She is a graduatiing senior, due to walk this spring and is going to out of the country over the summer. Failing this class postpones graduation, makes her have to take summer school, and doesnt allow her to go out of the country for as long as she wants to.
I DO Think it is wrong to plagarize. however what i was trying to say is that i dont think that your application will get thrown out (like some people were suggesting) you will just have to explain yourself in the interview
She can't go out of the country for as long as she wants to? Well, boo freaking hoo. Maybe she should thank her lucky stars she isn't being expelled. Sorry, I have no patience for cheaters and that's what you two did, intentional or not. I work very hard for my grades and nothing steams me more than people who don't do the work but still want the grade, then consider LYING about it on AMCAS. Why should you be given a seat in med school over someone who had no such infraction on their record? I hope you get caught.
Wow, so you not only spend your precious time stating things that insult the OP
I DO Think it is wrong to plagarize. however what i was trying to say is that i dont think that your application will get thrown out (like some people were suggesting) you will just have to explain yourself in the interview
OP: Do you often refer to yourself in the 3rd person? very odd...you have done it at least twice in this thread...
Troll?
Believe it or not everyone has cheated, yes even you people who say "No I have never ever ever done it," trust me you have.
We will be attaching the letter of the provost of the other univeristy to our appeal statement as well as a letter from a lawyer.
We have both found a lawyer. I have also set up a meeting with the academic dean of my college. My friend has taken great steps in making this issue resolved. She has contacted the provost of the university near her home and has talked him into contacting the provost of the university we attend to talk abot this issue. We will be attaching the letter of the provost of the other univeristy to our appeal statement as well as a letter from a lawyer. For some reason, the more I talk to people and think, the more I am coming to a conclusion that what constitutes plagairism is different in the real world and at the university. The lawyer will defend us and is saying the plagarizing in this case should not have resulted in failing the class. Although I dont know if the lawyer can make the record clean, I do have faith that he will lessen our penalty. My friend is also talking to the dean of the med school she wants to go to about all this with a lawyer persent. I will be doing the same. The key here is that sure we got it on our record and med schools will know, but if the dean or an admissions advisor of the med school (that we really are competitive at and will have little trouble getting into) hears what happens and how these charges came about in person with a lawyer, than maybe they will be more accepting than to automatically disregard an application.
As for the application, we are not submitting it yet. We will wait til this all goes away. A previous poster on this thread contacted me by private message and explained that he was in a similar situation and that three years later the dean agreed to wipe the records clean. Even if it takes that much time, I will still pursue my original goal. No one can take it away from me. My mistakes, an absurd penalty IMO, or anything else. I've got what it takes to turn this around and although yesterday was a downer for the day and I was scared as hell, today is definitely looking better. With time, we'll figure out how to make this all right.
Actually, we haven't all cheated. But nice try attempting to justify your own lack of integrity.👎
Never did it mention... blah blah blah (I hope you edit this post down and delete it, for your sake)
By the end of today, the provost of the other university will know about the circumstances we're in. If he decides that he himself, would give students a second chance by giving a more lenient punishment such as a letter drop instead of a failing grade, than maybe it will give additional support to our appeal letter.