plagiarism not on transcript...?

[plusalpha]

Down and straight to the point, I plagiarised once during my freshman year in a writing class. I did get a really low overall grade for that class, but on the official transcript there is no mention of academic dishonesty. Does this mean that the plagiarism issue is not part of my academic record? I may be wrong, but the official transcript is the one document that reflects my entire academic record, and so if the issue is not mentioned in the transcript, then I'm assuming my first offence was "forgiven"? In no way am I saying it was a forgivable act, I'm extremely ashamed of it and the issue stressed me during my entire college years. I was just wondering if it is still in my academic record.

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[studentdental8]

IF this is true, your college/univ is deplorable for not putting it permanently on your transcript. How is your application, including what you did, better than a similar applicant who went to a different college, done something minor in comparison (plagiarism for gods sake), and has it on their transcript. While you, probably will not disclose it, is as clean as a baby's butt. God have mercy.

 

[Frank22]

When I took biology I, I ended up getting a 2.667 in the class because I wrote a paper that my professor said "had to be plagiarized, because it was too advanced for a bio I student to write." This was in spite of the fact that I got a 120% on the first exam and never less than a 90% on the remaining 3 exams, and answered virtually every question in the class.. This was at a time when I did not really take my grades seriously enough to contest the professor's grade (I now regret this choice immensely), but it seems that many schools really do not take plagiarism to be that big of an issue. It's an honestly deplorable and repugnant act, and even if you're very sorry, you should allow dental schools to make the decision to forgive you rather than yourself.

 

[Spam864]

No, that is not something that will show up on your transcript. It can be circulated within the university, but I don't think your university will disclose that information to anyone outside of the university without your permission.

 

[studentdental8]

When I took biology I, I ended up getting a 2.667 in the class because I wrote a paper that my professor said "had to be plagiarized, because it was too advanced for a bio I student to write." This was in spite of the fact that I got a 120% on the first exam and never less than a 90% on the remaining 3 exams, and answered virtually every question in the class.. This was at a time when I did not really take my grades seriously enough to contest the professor's grade (I now regret this choice immensely), but it seems that many schools really do not take plagiarism to be that big of an issue. It's an honestly deplorable and repugnant act, and even if you're very sorry, you should allow dental schools to make the decision to forgive you rather than yourself.

So that begs the question, did you plagiarise the advanced materials? (I do take note that nowadays plagiarism has so many definitions, across english writing it means using same sentence structure, vocabulary, even tone. Across scientific it means straight up copying ideas, or paraphrasing ideas or findings without citing). Basically if you write anything or make any statement and google finds something similar out of the sea that is internet, a plagiarism case can be made.)

 

[oralcare123]

It seems everyone here is without a sin throwing stones.
You can request your record and see if the offense is in it. If not - keep it to yourself

 

[Frank22]

So that begs the question, did you plagiarise the advanced materials? (I do take note that nowadays plagiarism has so many definitions, across english writing it means using same sentence structure, vocabulary, even tone. Across scientific it means straight up copying ideas, or paraphrasing ideas or findings without citing). Basically if you write anything or make any statement and google finds something similar out of the sea that is internet, a plagiarism case can be made.)

I did not, and have never plagiarized material in my life. The professor himself noted that he did not have the slightest evidence that I plagiarized, but only that he didn't believe that it was my writing. I foolishly let the incident go, at that time not taking my academic record seriously.

I believe he also grew frustrated that I answered virtually all of the class questions; on one occasion, I answered a question incorrectly, and he responded by yelling "No, you're wrong!" He later apologized in the lab, but the fact that he would behave like that in the first case suggests that he disliked me.

It seems everyone here is without a sin throwing stones.
You can request your record and see if the offense is in it. If not - keep it to yourself

I would forgive the OP, but it seems that you do not want dental schools to put down the stones, but to never have known that there was a reason to pick them up.

Do you believe dental schools would want to know if the OP plagiarized?

 

[Incis0r]

Down and straight to the point, I plagiarised once during my freshman year in a writing class. I did get a really low overall grade for that class, but on the official transcript there is no mention of academic dishonesty. Does this mean that the plagiarism issue is not part of my academic record? I may be wrong, but the official transcript is the one document that reflects my entire academic record, and so if the issue is not mentioned in the transcript, then I'm assuming my first offence was "forgiven"? In no way am I saying it was a forgivable act, I'm extremely ashamed of it and the issue stressed me during my entire college years. I was just wondering if it is still in my academic record.

Go down to your dean's office and ask for a complete student record including transcripts. Ask to see everything that your school would send out to health professions schools.

 

[kobe4evr]

first of all it doesn't matter why you plagiarized, you did it and it was years ago, so everyone on here who's asking "why" you did it aren't helping your situation now anyway. Its a pointless question in regards to your situation currently (given that your truly sorry and it wont happen again)

Now to actually address your situation:

1. Is there a charge of academic dishonesty on your record within your university?.( i mean even a smigen anywhere (class files, university record etc)
2. If theres nothing; its one class you did poorly in years ago....dont mention anything...(If your truly sorry and it wont happen again its insignificant, your still trying to get into D schools).
3. On aadsas it asks you if youve been charged or dealt with any academic dishonesty in your college career. If you said no and there really isnt anything at all on your record your fine. If there is ANYTHING at all that indicates you plagiarized/cheated during your college career and you still said no, you may be royally screwed. All D schools have permission to look through your files and all undergrad schools are mandated to provide them with all of your Academic/nonAcademic misconducts.

If you said No to having any academic misconduct, and they find through a file that you did (even if its not on your transcript) they will strongly question your moral behavior and as a result have deeper questions about your profile.----basically, rejected

( i know this because i worked at my health professions office my last year as an undergrad and a student with your exact situation got rejected from every school. When he called and asked why he got rejected they all said that they found a piece of evidence not disclosed on aadsas.

Basically,Look at your college record and see if its documented

 

[oralcare123]

I did not, and have never plagiarized material in my life. The professor himself noted that he did not have the slightest evidence that I plagiarized, but only that he didn't believe that it was my writing. I foolishly let the incident go, at that time not taking my academic record seriously.

I believe he also grew frustrated that I answered virtually all of the class questions; on one occasion, I answered a question incorrectly, and he responded by yelling "No, you're wrong!" He later apologized in the lab, but the fact that he would behave like that in the first case suggests that he disliked me.



I would forgive the OP, but it seems that you do not want dental schools to put down the stones, but to never have known that there was a reason to pick them up.

Do you believe dental schools would want to know if the OP plagiarized?

If the the school, where it originally happened decided to forgive, I do not see the point to continue anywhere else

 

[jakeyk]

If the the school, where it originally happened decided to forgive, I do not see the point to continue anywhere else

Even if its forgiven, I'm pretty sure plagiarism is still documented? Its like if you get let off on a warning for shoplifting, they still have a record in case you get caught again (otherwise they'd keep on letting people off on warnings)

 

[oralcare123]

Even if its forgiven, I'm pretty sure plagiarism is still documented? Its like if you get let off on a warning for shoplifting, they still have a record in case you get caught again (otherwise they'd keep on letting people off on warnings)

You need to learn to forgive. I am sure you are not without a sin.
The punishment should match the crime, but this charge could keep the person from getting an education. In my opinion it is too much

 

[Frank22]

Sorry for being harsh OP; you seem very contrite, and if I were on the admissions committee for a dental school I would look past the incident. The only point I was making is that it's important to be forthright about such things! 🙂

 

[Incis0r]

Sorry for being harsh OP; you seem very contrite, and if I were on the admissions committee for a dental school I would look past the incident. The only point I was making is that it's important to be forthright about such things! 🙂

This should be your take-away OP. Do NOT try to deceive anyone.