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rising seniors, we\u2019re back with myth no. 3. we\u2019ve explained that the topic does not need to be impressive, and that the essay should not sound like your favorite writer or college professor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

what\u2019s left? here\u2019s no. 3:<\/p>\n

myth 3:<\/strong> admissions officers will never know if a parent, tutor, teacher or college coach has \u201chelped\u201d a student with an essay. they won\u2019t know if you plagiarized, either.<\/p>\n

fact:<\/strong> there is a fine line between getting help and letting someone write part or all of your essay. while parents and others cannot always tell the difference, admissions officers know when someone other than a student writes a story. and they don\u2019t like it. not one bit!<\/p>\n

\u201cif a student has an adult write it, the admissions committee can tell,\u201d michigan state university\u2019s director of admissions jim cotter.<\/p>\n

many schools will automatically reject a student\u2019s application, even if they merely suspect plagiarism. plagiarism is academic fraud and it can cause your application to be thrown out of consideration. <\/p>\n

don\u2019t try to recycle other people’s \u201cwinning\u201d essays from previous years, some of which now are easily available on websites and in books. “i’ve read those books, too,” said amy jarich, assistant vice chancellor & director of undergraduate admissions at the university of california, berkeley. \u201di know what you\u2019re copying.\u201d<\/p>\n

stay tuned for myth no. 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

about the author: kim lifton is president of\u00a0<\/em>wow writing workshop<\/em><\/a>, a strategic communications and content marketing company. wow\u00a0students get into their top-choice colleges year after year.\u00a0\u00a0let the national experts on the college essay guide you to your best story, and improve your chances of getting into the college of your dreams. want to find out how to find a great topic and make your essay good? watch this video, <\/em>college essay crash course, the common app. <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

rising seniors, we\u2019re back with myth no. 3. we\u2019ve explained that the topic does not need to be impressive, and that the essay should not sound like your favorite writer or college professor. what\u2019s left? here\u2019s no. 3: myth 3: admissions officers will never know if a parent, tutor, teacher or college coach has \u201chelped\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[24880],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\ncollege essay myth #3: colleges can\u2019t tell if someone helps too much on the essay! - magoosh blog | high school<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"check out part 3 in this series of college essay myths!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/college-essay-myth-3-colleges-cant-tell-if-someone-helps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"college essay myth #3: colleges can\u2019t tell if someone helps too much on the essay!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"check out part 3 in this series of college essay myths!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/college-essay-myth-3-colleges-cant-tell-if-someone-helps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"magoosh blog | high school\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/magooshsat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-12t16:35:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-09-12t02:36:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"guest author\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@magooshsat_act\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@magooshsat_act\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"guest author\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"article\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/college-essay-myth-3-colleges-cant-tell-if-someone-helps\/#article\",\"ispartof\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/college-essay-myth-3-colleges-cant-tell-if-someone-helps\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"guest author\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/#\/schema\/person\/b7e6143cd1e3cc496347b662b343f0e4\"},\"headline\":\"college essay myth #3: colleges can\u2019t tell if someone helps too much on the essay!\",\"datepublished\":\"2017-09-12t16:35:24+00:00\",\"datemodified\":\"2017-09-12t02:36:10+00:00\",\"mainentityofpage\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/college-essay-myth-3-colleges-cant-tell-if-someone-helps\/\"},\"wordcount\":324,\"commentcount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/#organization\"},\"articlesection\":[\"college admissions\"],\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\",\"potentialaction\":[{\"@type\":\"commentaction\",\"name\":\"comment\",\"target\":[\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/college-essay-myth-3-colleges-cant-tell-if-someone-helps\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"webpage\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/college-essay-myth-3-colleges-cant-tell-if-someone-helps\/\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/college-essay-myth-3-colleges-cant-tell-if-someone-helps\/\",\"name\":\"college essay myth #3: colleges can\u2019t tell if someone helps too much on the essay! 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