<p>Double submission was a violation of the honor code at Oberlin when I attended in the mid-late '90s. </p>
<p>Never would have been inclined to do so not only because I never had problems coming up with paper topics/ideas, but also the fact even the most pre-professional relatives felt this was a form of cheating…cheating oneself out of an education, disrespectful of the learning process, and “cutting corners”. Not allowed…especially if the parents are footing the full bill. </p>
<p>In my mind…this rule is in place to ensure no student has a substantial unearned time advantage over other classmates, to ensure that they’re actually doing the work to merit the graded credits on their final transcript, and to discourage blatant laziness.</p>