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29% similarity turnitin

I just submitted an essay to Turnitin and it came up saying I had 29% similarity.
When I excluded the bibliography it went down to 15% and when I excluded the bibliography and quotes it went down to 6%.
Will I be okay? it is mainly just the reference list and quotes along with in text citations which have been flagged up and not the main parts of my essay.

Reply 1

Autumn223

Should be fine :smile:

Do you have a colour code indicator? If its green really don’t worry

Reply 2

Anonymous #1

Original post by Autumn223

Should be fine :smile:

Do you have a colour code indicator? If its green really don’t worry

the code indicator is yellow but when I checked through it is just the reference list and some quotes which are highlighted with the occasional word such as 'and'

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Autumn223

Original post by Anonymous #1

the code indicator is yellow but when I checked through it is just the reference list and some quotes which are highlighted with the occasional word such as 'and'

If its the reference list don't worry at all that gets taken out of the similarity score when marking!
My university has started recommending students save their work at various points in separate documents just for proof in future though :smile:

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