sunmoonstarz1 Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 Does U of T use an alternate way to check for plagiarism if someone chooses to opt out of Turnitin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetNothing Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 I would also love to know why someone would want to opt out of the Turnitin and if it would have deleterious effects on your application. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baljinderthecrow Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 I think that opting out would only make them suspicious about your essays, and they would use other means to assess them for plagiarism. In my opinion, it is probably best to not opt out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroD Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 I can see someone opting out, out of principle. I think I might have even done it. I'm also the kind of guy who opts for a pat down instead of those creepy imaging machines at the airport lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardiacArrhythmia Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 hour ago, SweetNothing said: I would also love to know why someone would want to opt out of the Turnitin and if it would have deleterious effects on your application. Thank you! Well turnitin would be a large data base comprised of everything submitted before. Reapplicants should opt out if they reuse portions of their previous essays-otherwise they’ll be unfairly marked for self-plagiarism by the system. In academia, self-plagiarism is as bad as plagiarizing others’ work, but for the sake of UofT MD applications, they allow reuse of your previous essays as long as you let them know. Theres no effect if you choose to opt out, they’ll do a manual plagirism check across your BPEs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsAaronSamuels Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 12 hours ago, CardiacArrhythmia said: Theres no effect if you choose to opt out, they’ll do a manual plagirism check across your BPEs What's a manual plagiarism check? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardiacArrhythmia Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 4 hours ago, TurkAndjaydee said: What's a manual plagiarism check? I don’t know the specifics of it, but Leslie has told me before that that’s what they do if you opt out of turnitin. Just know that you’ll be equally likely to be caught with plagiarism with either method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamteam22 Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 they check these just for the essays or your activities essays too ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardiacArrhythmia Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 44 minutes ago, dreamteam22 said: they check these just for the essays or your activities essays too ? Only BPEs are put through turnitin. Your ABS essays are a part of the overall ABS review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Snow Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Is there any benefit to opting out vs. staying in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabeprazole Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Ok so what I want to know is if they put the Western abbreviated sketch through Turnitin. If so, I should probably opt out. :| Anyone have any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardiacArrhythmia Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 18 hours ago, dehindu said: Is there any benefit to opting out vs. staying in? No. 18 hours ago, Rabeprazole said: Ok so what I want to know is if they put the Western abbreviated sketch through Turnitin. If so, I should probably opt out. :| Anyone have any idea? Has Western told you specifically they'll put it through turnitin? If not, then I wouldn't worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsAaronSamuels Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 On 12/19/2018 at 10:42 AM, dehindu said: Is there any benefit to opting out vs. staying in? The benefit of opting out is that you have more control of what information about yourself you give to these plagiarism checking companies. With personal data leaks across pretty much every social media site, banking institution, and consumer service platform, it's better to be safe than sorry. For example, if somebody details in their essay personal medical histories or sensitive information, they probably don't want that information floating around out there attached to their name. You never know what sort of information about you is exchanged, sold, or used behind the scenes. I highly disagree with the notion that the admissions committee would view opting-out as suspicious and that it negatively impacts your application. It would be absolutely ridiculous if that were the case. The fact that universities even give you the option of opting-out demonstrates to me that they know this system is ethically ambiguous at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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