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For one of my classes, our final was to write a research paper. When I turned mine in, my professor accused my of academic dishonesty because some of my essay appeared too similar to the sources I used. When I write research essays, what I typically do is I take notes and then convert them into sentences. What I’m guessing happened is that the notes I took were more similar to those I would take in class (as similar to the original) and not like those I should take for an essay (just the most important information) and I didn’t notice as I was using the notes to write my essay. I was allowed to redo the essay for a passing grade (pass pandemic). I was told that this wouldn’t end up on my permanent record and that the record that the Dean of Students has would be deleted upon my graduation. Other than having to rewrite the essay, there were no other consequences. I fully recognize that even though I had no intentions of cheating, the essay I produced still constitutes as academic dishonesty and have made efforts to be more careful on future essays. Will an incident like this negatively affect my chances of getting into grad school?