I thought I was going to buy a Kaplan BMAT book of a seller that contacted me on TSR. Now I find that his account is Permanently banned and not by request so I'm more and more wary of him. He said he's look over my personal statement and I stupidly sent it thinking, well he got into Trinity College, Cambridge, he must be legit! He said "The first paragraph is superb, changes have been made to the rest and didn't send me back the corrected version." Now, I realised how dodgy he was being, i'm not buying anything off him. But I think he has given my PS to his cousin that he kept mentioning, that is also applying for Medicine this year. How will this affect my application? My personal statement is obviously personal to me, so there is lots that he can't use, but he can copy my writing style and the words I used which and considering the security UCAS has with PS fraud, will I be penalised? Will this affect my medical application?
I know!! I guess it was just because a Kaplan BMAT book seller cancelled on me on Amazon, so I was desperate to get the book.
How much will this affect my PS though. I haven't sent any money or anything of value except for the PS and it was only in its first draft so it will change a lot by application time. But still...I'm so worried!!
Hope you can prove it is yours because if you hand it in as it is after putting it on the internet they could do you for plagiarism.
Yeah I have e-mails and dates and times so I can prove it's mine if it ever came to that, it's just the fact that since my PS is personal, surely he can't use a lot of it?
Oh the naivety of someone who is so academically talented is just overwhelming, how could you be so stupid? I'd contact UCAS once you have finished your PS and explain the whole situation to them, but you may have to re-do.
Yeah I have e-mails and dates and times so I can prove it's mine if it ever came to that, it's just the fact that since my PS is personal, surely he can't use a lot of it?
No you should be fine to go ahead and use the personal stuff e.g. voluntary work, hobbies etc.. However, I would rewrite the academic aspect of the application because it is not worth the risk of being accused of plagiarism.
No you should be fine to go ahead and use the personal stuff e.g. voluntary work, hobbies etc.. However, I would rewrite the academic aspect of the application because it is not worth the risk of being accused of plagiarism.
I didn't really have an academic section. Do you mean like I did X Y and Z at A-level which taught me A B and C?