Hi! I am fairly new to sdn, and would like some advice on my issue here. I've looked at a lot institutional action threads but couldn't find one exactly like mine.
I wanted to talk about how and if I should disclose my "institutional action" and how badly you think this would affect my chances of getting into med school. During my Freshman semester of college, I wrote an essay for my writing class. In a six page paper, I unintentionally added in ONE line from an online source and unknowingly cited it as another source I used for the paper. This was truly an honest mistake. I gave credit to using the source, just not the correct source. I could blame this on other things such as carelessness, but it is a sincere mistake.
Going further, my professor accused me of plagiarism, and reported the issue to the Dean. I met with the Dean. My professor assigned me a penalty grade, with no mark on my Official Transcript. I got a 0 for the paper, and still received a B in the class. The issue is in my undergraduate record at my institution (internal record), and is no way noted on my transcript that is sent out to medical schools. My question is, do you have advice on applying to medical schools with this incident on my application? Would I have to report this? How badly is this incident going to affect my chances at your medical school?
ALSO, no action was taken except the note of it on my internal record within the university that is deleted from the computer as soon as I graduate.
I wanted to talk about how and if I should disclose my "institutional action" and how badly you think this would affect my chances of getting into med school. During my Freshman semester of college, I wrote an essay for my writing class. In a six page paper, I unintentionally added in ONE line from an online source and unknowingly cited it as another source I used for the paper. This was truly an honest mistake. I gave credit to using the source, just not the correct source. I could blame this on other things such as carelessness, but it is a sincere mistake.
Going further, my professor accused me of plagiarism, and reported the issue to the Dean. I met with the Dean. My professor assigned me a penalty grade, with no mark on my Official Transcript. I got a 0 for the paper, and still received a B in the class. The issue is in my undergraduate record at my institution (internal record), and is no way noted on my transcript that is sent out to medical schools. My question is, do you have advice on applying to medical schools with this incident on my application? Would I have to report this? How badly is this incident going to affect my chances at your medical school?
ALSO, no action was taken except the note of it on my internal record within the university that is deleted from the computer as soon as I graduate.
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