Personal Statements

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It doesn't matter. It's wrong, you'll most likely get caught out, and if you go ahead with it I hope you do.

They want to find out why i am driven to do what i want to do, what i think and how my experiences have shaped that. Including someone else's writing that still conveys how i feel in a more effective way, but constitutes less than 1% of the entire essay doesn't change the fact that i still had those experiences, it doesn't change my ambitions and doesn't make it less authentic and less of a personal statement. I think this article fits in with my point
http://www.cnet.com/news/what-steve-jobs-really-meant-when-he-said-good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal/

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username1884577

Original post by Paranoid_Glitch

They want to find out why i am driven to do what i want to do, what i think and how my experiences have shaped that. Including someone else's writing that still conveys how i feel in a more effective, but constitutes less than 1% of the entire essay doesn't change the fact that i still had those experiences, it doesn't change my ambitions and doesn't make it less authentic and less of a personal statement.

Yes it does.

Reply 22

Paranoid_Glitch

Original post by A-LJLB

Yes it does.

So accidental plagiarism changes how people feel, what they believe in, the experiences they go through? How?

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Reply 23

username1884577

Original post by Paranoid_Glitch

So accidental plagiarism changes how people feel, what they believe in, the experiences they have gone through? How?

It's not accidental! You are deliberately using somebody else's statement.

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drandy76

Your question has been answered, if you insist on this nonsense then do so, but you've been informed of the consequences of such an action

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Reply 25

Paranoid_Glitch

Original post by A-LJLB

It's not accidental! You are deliberately using somebody else's statement.

It conveys a single point, that does not change the 99% of writing that is to some extent unique to me.

Accidental or not its still plagiarism. Unless that person knows what and why they are writing down, it doesn't change who they are.

Reply 26

username1884577

Original post by Paranoid_Glitch

You have been told it is a stupid idea. If you get caught then you may not be able to apply to universities. You're risking your own future out of pure laziness.

If you continue to do it, I hope that your choices do not offer you a place over someone else who was decent enough to spend time writing their own PERSONAL statement.