School starts checking Application Essay for Plagiarism

[UclaColumbia]

can the software detect different words with similar meaning?

for example, I "strive" to be the best student v.s. I "work diligently" to become the best learner.

 

[Ken Abbott]

Go take a look at turnitin.com to see what it does.

 

[Daniel Duffy]

can the software detect different words with similar meaning?

for example, I "strive" to be the best student v.s. I "work diligently" to become the best learner.

There is always someone better than you. Sooh pompous.

It is very easy to see if work/thesis has been plagiarized. I once had a whol book of min and translated into another (eastern) European language. The plagiarist is now a CS professor somewhere..,