iminthinkermode

Hey I got accepted to michigan back in December and after getting in my work ethic went down the drain. I ended up plagiarizing in my english class (forgot to paraphrase 4 sentences it was late and paper was due the next day) which resulted in a automatic fail for the quater. The rest of my grades are normal low 90s high 80s. Should i inform them about the fail or should i just not tell them anything and wait till final report. i added a new English class and this third quater i am doing very well. Or should i tell them risky getting revoked. Advice?

sparrowo3o

They'll find out, but if you tell them now, you could come up with a reason.

ArKhAiK

They rescind you if your grades are 3 Cs, a D, or an F. I don't know if that is marking period or final.

cortana431

Tell them of course, why, and what you learned. It will be better than Michigan finding out on its own.

Boizuca

i would tell them but im not sure i would say plagiarism in the letter. Be vague about it. also for your chances of being revoked i would say pretty high prob a 90% chance they revoke you

born2dance94

Adcoms here on CC have always advocated for telling them. It shows them that you are mature and taking responsibility instead if just ignoring it and hoping they'll ignore it-- which they won't.

iminthinkermode

should i tell them that it was plagiarism or be very vague

charlieschm

I would clearly6 say it was only 4 sentences, but you realize it was still wrong. That is a much less severe offense than plagiarizing a whole assignment.

alacky

I don't see the issue with waiting for the final report. Assuming he does well in his other marking periods the grade should be good enough to not be rescinded at the end of the year.

born2dance94

@alacky however, you are *not* an adcom. so, no offense, but I wouldn't trust the baseless suggestion from someone on the internet with something so important. Adcoms here on CC and on the blogs for schools say that the responsible thing to do is tell them. There's a fairly strong chance his acceptance will get rescinded if they find out not from him. However, if he handles this maturely and doesn't try to run from it and hope it goes away, there's a chance he could salvage the situation.

Telayl

I am not an adcom but I'd advise you to tell them. It will shows that you have made a mistake, recognized it, told them like a grown man and is ready to face the consequences.

It will looks way much better than looking like a kid who made mistake and is waiting for his parents to find out while he is hiding in his room.

TV4caster

I'm not an adcom either, but I know I have read adcoms on here saying that they don't see quarterly grades- ie they will never see the F. Only semester grades and final grades get reported. Assuming he gets a decent final quarter grade, his overall grade will not cause them to recind.

alacky

^ this. And it's not an issue of 'trust', just math. 4 marking periods. Kid fails one, aces the others. Final grade will be decent. It's not a 'baseless suggestion' but rather one based on fact. Sure, if he failed the course and that was the final grade he would get then I would suggest he notify Michigan but, as it is, I think that it's unnecessary.

TV4caster

I should also add that it depends on how the system calculates a final grade and how the F is listed. If they gave him a ZERO for the quarter and take a numerical average for the end of the year grade, then they OP still wouldn't have much of a chance of getting a decent grade. (eg 95, 95, 0, 95 is a final of 69% which might cause a rescission.

iminthinkermode

here is the problem though the english classes for seniors are 2 quarters each so i picked up another 2 quarter english class b/c of the fail. but the real question is how do i tell them i failed without going into too much detail about why?