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I am getting a lot of inquiries in private messages, as well as seeing a rising trend of posts about applicants to Engineers Australia getting adverse responses from their assessors saying the report is similar to other reports.
This post is not about how to write a CDR. This is about what NOT to do when writing a CDR to minimise the risk of being caught up by EA's similarity matching
How does EA catch your CDR as similar?
EA uses "Turn It In" Turnitin - Technology to Improve Student Writing which is a universal plagiarism detection engine. It compares submissions against both previous submissions as well as public information (white papers, manuals, websites, etc.
Turn It In is very sophisticated and can sniff similarity very easy.
What could cause a similarity?
1- Using a CDR Writing service.
There are lots of websites and consultants offering to write your CDR for you
This is a- illegal as you declare on your application that this is your original work, b- unethical, c- liable to detection
Why? Because the same person writing the same submissions over and over again will definitely have the same style, phrases, etc.
I do not mean here those who offer review, feedback, support services. i.e. people who make you write your own, but advise and guide you on how to write, and review the submission and point out the shortfalls to you. Some people have used services like that with no issue. I mean you have to avoid those who write it themselves for you altogether.
2- Using a friend's CDR as a guideline
I do not mean copying here, I mean those who use another CDR as their "blueprint". You are bound to eventually end up "inspired" with some similarity (at least subconsciously)
3- Downloading many CDRs from the internet to use as a guideline
Same as #2. Remember, Turn It In compares your CDR against ALL available sources, not just one by one.
4- Copying from academic material (text books, etc.)
Turnitin will have no qualms about considering you a plagiarist. Copying from CDR is not the only offence.
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Conclusion
Read the MSA Booklet, understand it very well, read it 3-4 times, write your own CDR from scratch without reading other CDRs as a guideline. If you need help, consult someone who GUIDES, not WRITES the report.
Ahmad Shady - MARA # 1575106
I am getting a lot of inquiries in private messages, as well as seeing a rising trend of posts about applicants to Engineers Australia getting adverse responses from their assessors saying the report is similar to other reports.
This post is not about how to write a CDR. This is about what NOT to do when writing a CDR to minimise the risk of being caught up by EA's similarity matching
How does EA catch your CDR as similar?
EA uses "Turn It In" Turnitin - Technology to Improve Student Writing which is a universal plagiarism detection engine. It compares submissions against both previous submissions as well as public information (white papers, manuals, websites, etc.
Turn It In is very sophisticated and can sniff similarity very easy.
What could cause a similarity?
1- Using a CDR Writing service.
There are lots of websites and consultants offering to write your CDR for you
This is a- illegal as you declare on your application that this is your original work, b- unethical, c- liable to detection
Why? Because the same person writing the same submissions over and over again will definitely have the same style, phrases, etc.
I do not mean here those who offer review, feedback, support services. i.e. people who make you write your own, but advise and guide you on how to write, and review the submission and point out the shortfalls to you. Some people have used services like that with no issue. I mean you have to avoid those who write it themselves for you altogether.
2- Using a friend's CDR as a guideline
I do not mean copying here, I mean those who use another CDR as their "blueprint". You are bound to eventually end up "inspired" with some similarity (at least subconsciously)
3- Downloading many CDRs from the internet to use as a guideline
Same as #2. Remember, Turn It In compares your CDR against ALL available sources, not just one by one.
4- Copying from academic material (text books, etc.)
Turnitin will have no qualms about considering you a plagiarist. Copying from CDR is not the only offence.
----------
Conclusion
Read the MSA Booklet, understand it very well, read it 3-4 times, write your own CDR from scratch without reading other CDRs as a guideline. If you need help, consult someone who GUIDES, not WRITES the report.
Ahmad Shady - MARA # 1575106
