<p>Yes or No.</p>
<p>If yes, how? And how do you expect college admission officers to have the time to search for each essays originality? Cant a student just use his/her senior’s?</p>
<p>Please spare me any thoughts on ethics and how you should never cheat etc. I am not doing it, I just want to know whether it can be caught or not.</p>
<p>Yes it can. Read the first part of this article: </p>
<p>[Keep</a> It Honest, Keep It Real | Print Article | Newsweek.com](<a href=“http://www.newsweek.com/id/154329/output/print]Keep”>http://www.newsweek.com/id/154329/output/print)</p>
<p>If a college admissions office has the time, budget, and motivation to chase down suspect essays, then it’s likely that one could be nailed. However, it depends to which college(s) one is applying.</p>