<p>There are plenty of websites around that sell term papers. They claim that they are legitimate resources for anyone writing their own paper and are not meant to be used for plagiarism but considering the following:</p>
<li>All the papers submitted must meet requirements many professors use such as 12-pt font, 1" margins, etc.</li>
<li>They showcase prominently the number of pages and words, which many professors set upper and lower limits for</li>
<li>They show a writing sample of the author before you buy the paper</li>
<li>They are very expensive (at least $5 a page)</li>
</ol>
<p>does anyone really use them as a legitimate resource when writing a paper? They claim to be a good start (and point to all the papers requiring bibliographies to save you time searching for resources) but if so, why not just sell the bibliographies (which has ethical questions of its own as someone else is doing research for you)? Will anyone actually pay $60, $90 or even $150 for someone else’s term paper or pay $200, $300, or even $500 for a custom written paper (an untraceable one) just to use as a starting point of a research paper? Or are these like I suspect just thinly veiled plagiarism sites? If you know of anyone who has used these sites (legitimately or for plagiarism), I’m curious and would like to hear about it.</p>
<p>There are problay legitimate websites and illegitimate websites. It’s easier just to do the work yourself and avoid the problems associated with these types of websites.</p>
<p>Any teacher or professor can look up any fishy thing in any type of essay on google or metacrawler really quickly.
Not that anyone is into cheating.
I am an “older” University student and my boyfriend of the past four years is a PHD having English Professor at a private University. He sometimes busts people using google or metacrawler.
There is no way one can use a buymypaperdotcom site for legitimate purposes and some of those sites sell really bad papers even though they claim that they are written by Ivy League students and whatnot.
My boyfriend teaches at a 35K a year school and some of his hard core cheating students have had to leave the school.</p>
<p>the following was a public service announcement by merlinjones</p>
<p>Seriously, the only “cheating” I do is having a professional edit my paper for $3.00 a page. I think thats the only “legitimate cheating” the college allows for the student.
And seriously, even if it was free, I wouldn’t dare try to have the entire term paper written by someone else besides me.</p>
<p>alot of professors now will make you turn in papers online to things like “turnitin.com” to ensure that the work is your own.
dhl3 - many universities consider having any professional service even touch your paper unethical, especially if they change the context at all. Having a friend or even parent read over your paper and say this doesnt make sense or check for grammatical errors is considered fine by most university standards, but anything you actual pay for is considered highly inappropriate.</p>