As we all know, all international students must go through the similarity detection system before submitting an essay, otherwise it will be regarded as plagiarism. Therefore, many students are confused. Does the lower the similarity, the higher the score of the essay?
In fact, even if your essay passes the turnitin test, the similarity is very low, and it may not be recognized by the teacher, and the score may not be high.
First of all, let me explain that foreign countries have very strict academic ethics requirements (i.e. plagiarism). The most serious ones will send you directly back to the country, and the lightest ones will usually make you retake the course.
But even so, the similarity of the essay is not as low as possible, because foreign teachers attach great importance to citations of documents. They believe that an essay written in your own words cannot prove the fact you want to prove. , because you must provide other relevant evidence to support your point of view.
Moreover, each school has its own similarity requirements, which are generally divided into 10%-15% similarity. As long as this standard is met, there will be no problem. If it is exceeded, it will basically fail.
Does that mean that achieving 1% or even 0% proves that you are good at writing? wrong! Foreign teachers attach great importance to citing literature. If you don’t have any evidence to prove your point of view, who can you convince?
From the perspective of foreign teachers, they will think that firstly, you are overconfident, do not use any evidence to explain your arguments, and despise academics; secondly, they think that you are perfunctory and irresponsible for academics; thirdly, your The essay does not have any reference or academic value, let alone any readability.
But don’t cite excessive literature. The overall proportion should not exceed 5% of the full text. If it exceeds, it will be judged as plagiarism and you will be considered as perfunctory.
The summary is that it is okay to maintain a balance and keep the similarity of the essay within the range required by the school.
