sucotai Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 should i use my personal statement from last yr? i did manage to get an interview last yr at UT but i'm still not too comfortable with the ps i used, should i just leave it be? or would it be weird since there might be a small chance that the same person who read my ps last year may be reading it again this year, and he/she might go "um i rmb this from last yr, if that person didn't get in last yr he prolly sucks" and *throwing it into garbage can* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sv3 Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 should i use my personal statement from last yr? i did manage to get an interview last yr at UT but i'm still not too comfortable with the ps i used, should i just leave it be? or would it be weird since there might be a small chance that the same person who read my ps last year may be reading it again this year, and he/she might go "um i rmb this from last yr, if that person didn't get in last yr he prolly sucks" and *throwing it into garbage can* if nothing important happened in your life over this past year, or if you did not become a better person or candidate, then i dont see why it would be a problem leaving it the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozn Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 UofT mentions that they run the personal statements through TurnItIn. I was wondering if TurnItIn would flag the statement as being the same as one in its database if it was used the previous year. Does anyone have more information regarding this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Wy not use it and alert U/T Admissions that you are using as a basis the previous year essay so it might turn up on TurnItIn, alternatively tell them you don't agree to TurnItIn b/c ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foregoneconclusion Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 I read somewhere else on the board that they phoned UofT to ask about that and they said they'll account for the fact that you can't plagiarize yourself. You can search 'turnitin' or 'turnitin.com' on the forum to try to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozn Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 I read somewhere else on the board that they phoned UofT to ask about that and they said they'll account for the fact that you can't plagiarize yourself. You can search 'turnitin' or 'turnitin.com' on the forum to try to find it. Great. Thanks for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderpig Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I read somewhere else on the board that they phoned UofT to ask about that and they said they'll account for the fact that you can't plagiarize yourself. You can search 'turnitin' or 'turnitin.com' on the forum to try to find it. Thanks for the info. I really hope this is true, because it would suck if it's not. Has anyone phoned in themself and gotten a consistent answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderpig Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 *Bump* Can anyone verify if it's okay to use the same PS as last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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