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Visualize Their Perspective

Any applicant can say “I’m an organized person” or “I give 100%.”

Imagine if you are an admissions team member, you are sifting through hundreds if not thousands of essays over the course of several weeks. Any applicant can say “I’m an organized person” or “I give 100%.” But if you can tell that admissions reader why and how you are unique, you’ve just gotten their attention. Plus, admissions committee members can spot good writing in a sea of essays, and if yours has the right tone and stories, they’ll be hooked. If you hook the reader, you have a better chance of earning their favor when their votes are cast for the next incoming class.

What You Can Do to Show Not Tell

So how do you go about writing an essay that shows? The first step is writing out the parts of your life you want to tell. To start, what are the key points about yourself you want to convey? Start by making a list, such as this:

I learn best by jumping in and participating

I’m driven to succeed

I know four languages

Once you have your key points laid out, plot out a list of stories or short anecdotes that prove those points. Remember, this is like an outline of notes for your essay:

I learn best by jumping in and participating

That time my boss commended me for helping to fill orders on my first day on the job at the pharmacy when we were short staffed.

When I learned about anatomy for months, but once I dissected that frog, everything clicked.

I’m driven to succeed

My grandfather’s death fueled my passion to follow his footsteps toward a career in medicine

Even in playing card games, my grandfather never just let me win – I had to work for it. He taught me how valuable this lesson is in all aspects of life.

I know four languages

I traveled a lot as a child and have visited 16 countries.

I grew up with friends across different continents and had to always learn new languages in order to make new friends and stay in touch with old ones.

Once you have a list of stories and anecdotes you can rely on, you can whittle it down to which ones you think are strongest, and then start weaving them into your essay. Whenever you feel pulled to write a tell statement (ie, I’m an organized person), take a step back and figure out how to weave in a showstatement instead (ie, My spices are all arranged in alphabetical order.).

In Closing…

The show and tell method is the single best way to take your essay to the next level. It effectively gives the reader insight into your personality, what drives you to succeed, and what kind of background has made you who you are today. You know you deserve a spot in this program, so let your life experiences show the admissions team why.

https://edityour.net/show-dont-tell-our-best-tip-for-writing-a-stunning-personal-statement/

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Plagiarism & related forms of cheating

What is plagiarism? The Oxford English Dictionary defines plagiarism as "the action or practice of taking someone else's work, idea, etc., and passing it off as one's own; literary theft".

The College treats plagiarism as a serious academic offence. This section offers guidance and advice on avoiding plagiarism when submitting assessments and being examined.

Avoiding plagiarism when submitting assignments

In order to avoid plagiarism, students should be careful when preparing their work that all source material is correctly referenced. You can include quotes and ideas from others, as long as they are correctly attributed to the original source by referencing. Direct quotation should be indicated by the use of quotation marks; if not, even with an accompanying reference, it may constitute passing off someone else's work as your own.

Incorrect or missing references can be construed as plagiarism, even if unintentional. Credit can only be given once for a particular piece of assessed work. Submitting the same piece of work (or a significant part thereof) twice for assessment will be regarded as cheating. This practice is known as 'self plagiarism'.

Unacknowledged collaboration or use of material prepared by several persons working together may result in a charge of plagiarism or in a charge of collusion.

Allegations of plagiarism & penalties

All allegations of plagiarism will be investigated and may result in action being taken under the College's Misconduct Regulations. A substantiated charge of plagiarism will result in a penalty being imposed: this may range from a mark of zero for the assessed work to expulsion from the College.

Plagiarism detection (Turnitin)

Turnitin is a plagiarism detection and avoidance tool. When used in the correct way it can help you avoid plagiarism. It also assists tutors in identifying work that has been plagiarised.

Turnitin creates a plagiarism report when work is submitted, giving you and markers an overall percentage (your Originality Score), and also a detailed report showing where it has identified matches between your submission and a variety of sources.

It is important to remember:

Your plagiarism score will never be 0% and you should not aim for this. There will always be coincidental matches between your work and other submissions, and also 'false' readings on quotations, footnotes etc. Scores approaching 20% are common, but higher scores should indicate a need to check through your work. The scores you receive may depend partly on the settings used by the department for the assignment.

There is not a set percentage above which your work is considered 'plagiarised'. Turnitin is an additional tool used by tutors to help them identify cases of plagiarism, and will always be used in conjunction with their own knowledge and experience.

Use the material provided by the College to help you follow good academic practice.

The library's webpages contain further information on Turnitin and on citing references. There is also a section which you can use to practice submitting a Turnitin assignment.

For further information please see the following pages on the Policy Zone website: Misconduct Regulations and the College's Guidelines on Academic Honesty & Integrity (pdf).

Library Services has developed a self-enrol module on KEATS where you can develop your referencing skills, take self-test quizzes and practice submitting a Turnitin assignment. We recommend that you should work your way through the Practice Turnitin Assignment Learning Modules covering the issue of plagiarism, how you can avoid it and the importance of citing references correctly in academic work.

The Faculty handbook contains information on the referencing systems used in each department and links to specific department guidelines.

If you would like to seek further help and support on referencing and academic writing please see the Library Services website.

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King's College London - Plagiarism & related forms of cheating

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What is plagiarism? The Oxford English Dictionary defines plagiarism as "the action or practice of taking someone else's work, idea, etc., and passing it off as one's own; literary theft". The College treats plagiarism as a serious academic offence. This section offers guidance and advice on avoiding plagiarism when submitting assessments and being examined.

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The personal statement is your chance to differentiate yourself from the other applicants applying for your programme, and to describe why we should offer you a place to study with us.

Your personal statement should be unique to you and tailored to the programme you're applying for - make sure you include the title of the programme. Lengthwise, it should be around 2 sides of A4 and written in formal English.

Before you upload your personal statement, get someone you trust to check it over. Be especially careful to check the spelling and grammar. The statement is supposed to demonstrate your writing skills and so there should be no mistakes.

Normally applications are read by an Admissions Tutor. They will more than likely be reading lots of applications from people with similar qualifications, which is why your personal statement really needs to stand out.

Top tips

What should I include?

Make sure your personal statement includes the following things:
Why have you chosen this particular programme?
Because the Admissons Tutor will probably teach on the programme you're applying for, they will be particularly interested in hearing about your passion for the course.

Take a look at the programme content carefully and work out what interests you about it. You can then make sure that your statement outlines how your interests match what's taught within the programme. You should discuss what you've studied in the past, including any relevant research or programme work you might have done, and show how the studying you've done is relevant to the course you're applying for. If you can, try and include subject specific language that shows you have a grasp of the topic.

Also think about why you particularly want to study at Goldsmiths, for example particular academic staff. It is useful to look at the staff profile of the programme leader on the relevant departmental webpage to find out about their interests.
Your experience
As well as discussing your studies, you could also mention extracurricular activities, membership of clubs or societies, or relevant work experience that you have undertaken.

Focus on the skills that this experience has given you and how they are relevant to the programme you want to study.

If you are applying to a practical programme then discuss your relevant back ground in this area. Similarly, if you are applying for a theoretical programme, it would be helpful to demonstrate your knowledge in this area.

Future plans

How could studying this programme help you in the future? Highlight any career aspirations that you might have and how studying this programme will help you achieve them.

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The personal statement is your chance to differentiate yourself from the other applicants applying for your programme, and to describe why we should offer you a place to study with us. Your personal statement should be unique to you and tailored to the programme you're applying for - make sure you include the title of the programme.

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Personal statements: dos & don'ts - Which? University

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Common Reference Systems
Harvard

Harvard is also known as the author-year-style or parenthetical referencing. For more information see Writing references -Harvard. APA is very similar to Harvard. The most visible difference is that for APA the year is put in brackets in the reference list.

Writing references - Harvard

Oxford

Oxford is also known as the footnote system. For more information see Writing references - Oxford.

Writing references - Oxford

APA

APA is a version of author-year-system that is similar to Harvard. The most visible difference is that for APA the year is put in brackets in the reference list. In APA you do not write page number(s) in the in-text reference (unless you’re quoting).

How-to guide: APA citation style (Concordia libraries)

Vancouver

Vancouver is commonly used within the medical and biomedical field. The in-text references consist of numbers in citation sequence. Information about the references is then provided in the reference list according to the order in which they appear in the text. The first guide below is a more consice guide, the second a more comprehensive.

Vancouver style (Monash University Library, Australia)

Citing Medicine, 2nd edition The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers

IEEE

IEEE is very similar Vancouver. IEEE is often used by engineering disciplines.

IEEE style (Jönköping university library, Sweden)

MLA

MLA is similar to Harvard. Author and page number(s) should be written in the in-text reference. The major difference between MLA and Harvard is that for MLA year is not written in the in-text reference.

How-to guide: MLA citation style (Concordia libraries)

Turabian

How-to guide: Turabian citation style (Concordia libraries)

http://www.ub.umu.se/en/write/references/common-reference-systems