Lending personal statement Forum

[Samus12]

My brother and I are applying to medical school and law school, respectively this cycle. I've written most of my personal statement, and he liked it so much, we wants to use the first couple of paragraphs since we have essentially had the same upbringing. Does anyone know if that runs the risk of raising a plagiarism flag? Please spare the ethics, thanks in advance.

[ymmv]

My brother and I are applying to medical school and law school, respectively this cycle. I've written most of my personal statement, and he liked it so much, we wants to use the first couple of paragraphs since we have essentially had the same upbringing. Does anyone know if that runs the risk of raising a plagiarism flag? Please spare the ethics, thanks in advance.

I don't know whether LSAC or any schools run materials through plagiarism software. But if I were you I wouldn't take the risk - C&F or otherwise - simply because your brother is too lazy to write a few paragraphs for his med school application. Does he really plan on making it though med school with that work ethic?

[fratstar1]

Can't spare ethics. Don't do it.

Pragmatically, even without the ethics, high risk low reward. Do you really want risk character and fitness because you didn't feel like rewriting a personal statement?? I'm pissed that I even responded to this. The time it would take to talk this through you'd be done.

Edit. Beaten to the punch.

[gatesome]

the person who wrote it can use it

the person who did not write it cannot use it