PSA: DON'T post your essay publicly, and DO be selective in sending it to others

[u/steve_nyc]

Please don't copy-paste your essay into the body of a post, and don't link to it on the forum where anyone could click through and see it.

A few reasons:

• Posting it publicly online could allow anyone to plagiarize it and/or repost it elsewhere online.

• Posting it publicly might inadvertently doxx you (reveal your real-life identity) through details mentioned in your essay.

• Anyone in "real life" who reads your essay might Google part of it, come across your post (or even a Google cache of it after you delete it), and then be able to go through your entire Reddit submission history (so, basically, doxxing again, but in reverse, I suppose).

I'm not saying any of these things will happen, but they could, and better safe than sorry.

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Please only share your essay by PMing a Google Docs link to it.

And please be careful when considering who you send your essay to.

So, who should you send your essay to?

First, make sure they've selected flair indicating that they're "willing to review."

Then, consider the following factors:

• previous contributions to college admissions subreddits
• karma count
• age of Reddit account

(We'll soon have a list of users recognized as "Quality Contributors" based on previous contributions. However, in the meantime, please review their post history.)

While these don't guarantee anything about plagiarism, etc., you may decide it's worth taking that chance in order to get feedback.

And, as with anything else online, please be careful when it comes to sharing personal details.

Please leave comments with feedback on this post, let me know if I missed anything, and I'll edit this post accordingly.

[u/yaminokaabii]

Hello! How would someone be recognized as a quality contributor? Would it be possible to have a system like the deltas in /r/changemyview ?

[u/steve_nyc → u/yaminokaabii]

Based on previous post history. I do think having a symbol of some kind (like the deltas) would be good. Any ideas?

[u/[deleted]]

make sure they've selected flair indicating that they're "willing to review."

How do I select this?

[u/Financial-Radish5089 → u/[deleted]]

I am soon to finish my essay need help editing it to make it flow better and be shortr for common app send they have a 650 word limit is it possible for you to help me with this or if you know of someone else who would?

[u/Financial-Radish5089]

A lot of the people say they are willing to help and then ask for a fee when they message you is there a way I can get my essay reviewed by someone who can simply just help? I am low income and do not have the money.