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Personal Statement (Final Draft hopefully)

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:22 pm
by LWYRUP247
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Re: Personal Statement (Final Draft hopefully)

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:47 pm
by Keilz
This is very reminiscent of the first one listed on this page: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/alumni/maga ... irownwords

I almost immediately noticed the similarity, and then confirmed it on that one liner about discovering passion.

Edit: even skimming the rest of your statement, it's like exactly the same set-up....

Re: Personal Statement (Final Draft hopefully)

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:08 pm
by Mrs Featherbottom
Keilz wrote:This is very reminiscent of the first one listed on this page: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/alumni/maga ... irownwords

I almost immediately noticed the similarity, and then confirmed it on that one liner about discovering passion.

Edit: even skimming the rest of your statement, it's like exactly the same set-up....
Wow, good catch. Blatant plagiarism.

Re: Personal Statement (Final Draft hopefully)

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 3:34 pm
by kgm1990
Wow! This wasn't even a good attempt at plagiarism! :roll: If you copy the first statement you come to after googling 'law school personal statement,' then maybe you should reconsider a few things... especially law school because that's just lazy plagiarizing and research.

Re: Personal Statement (Final Draft hopefully)

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 4:13 pm
by mynameismyname
C'mon Op

Re: Personal Statement (Final Draft hopefully)

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 4:15 pm
by mynameismyname
If I were OP I would trash the essay and delete my profile... When I read the essay I also immediately thought I had read something just like it before. Possible plagiarism is definitely not something you want to be attached to.

Re: Personal Statement (Final Draft hopefully)

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 8:06 pm
by dumdeedum
Mrs Featherbottom wrote:
Keilz wrote:This is very reminiscent of the first one listed on this page: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/alumni/maga ... irownwords

I almost immediately noticed the similarity, and then confirmed it on that one liner about discovering passion.

Edit: even skimming the rest of your statement, it's like exactly the same set-up....
Wow, good catch. Blatant plagiarism.
Ack. OP sent this to me and I didn't notice. I was surprised by the huge difference in quality between first and second drafts... My favorite line was the one about having discovered passion. Definitely plagiarism, definitely not okay for a law school application.

Re: Personal Statement (Final Draft hopefully)

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 9:41 pm
by ihenry
:lol: better not make this your final draft.