<p>[Colleges</a> use Turnitin to turn away plagiarists - Los Angeles Times](<a href=“http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/29/local/la-me-plagiarism-20120129]Colleges”>When college applicants plagiarize, Turnitin can spot them)</p>
<p>High schools, too.</p>
<p>Beolein, this is a change because it is not related to a graded assignment (where many school use Turnitin) but to an admission essay.</p>
<p>As reported in the cited article, Common App may incorporate this in their new version coming out 2013.</p>