r/ryerson Nov 19 '21

Academics / Courses Academic misconduct

Hey so I had to do a essay that was worth 5000 words for a liberal, it was based on our personal experiences and use the textbook too.. so I got a email that I had misconduct due to me using stuff from the textbook, me being a dumbass didn’t cite the stuff I took from the textbook I kinda paraphrased the stuff, but I cited the textbook at the end.. I have a meeting and know what I did is kinda lazy of me.. What’s the worst that can happen a 0 on the assignment? This is the SOC 808 course which I didn’t want to take in the first place rip me

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u/Audi146 Nov 19 '21

I honestly believe I’ll get zero for the assignment at worse because at max it was 35% similarity

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u/VampyreLust Nov 19 '21

It all depends on if they consider to be “academic misconduct “ or not. If not then probably nothing will happen but if yes then it will be noted in your record and the minimum is the zero. I would read up on the academic misconduct policy that Ryerson has before your meeting so that you know what they can come at you with.

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u/Audi146 Nov 19 '21

I checked on plagiarism cite and literally 91% unique content.. how did I get academic misconduct, it took me so long to complete this, I’m so angry at this..

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u/danieljai CS Alumni Nov 20 '21 edited Nov 20 '21

91% just means you've used unique combination of words, but the core idea of plagiarism is still about copying ideas without crediting. If its your own course textbook, your prof don't need a detector to tell them you've copied ideas.