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Professional editing for take home writing competition
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Date: April 20th, 2005 2:26 AM Author: onyx aromatic den would anyone find out if you used an online professional editing service? is it worth the risk? am i being a douchebag for considering it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597209) |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 2:28 AM Author: zombie-like pervert Maybe, no b/c journals suck anyway, yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597224) |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 3:33 AM Author: Contagious Swollen Persian not worth it. you should be able to edit it fine yourself. i just don't see the potnetial payoff being worth the risk. (doing it will not guarantee law review/journal, if it would it may be worth it, but i still wouldn't risk it and I am a pretty risky/law breaking kinda gal.) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597428) |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 4:10 AM Author: Startling Concupiscible Hissy Fit Crackhouse In passing, a UG prof of mine, whose word I have no reason to doubt, once claimed to have used a professional editor when applying to Cambridge; he got in. It sounded to me as if he would have no qualms about the decency of using professional editors as a means of edging out other scholastic competitors. If he was speaking with academia in general, the route you are entertaining looks to be consistent with protocols. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597555) |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:29 AM Author: Fragrant filthy meetinghouse tank For some reason, your moniker seems oddly appropriate for this post. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597750) |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:31 AM Author: avocado rehab those online professional editing services are usually run by english majors and other dummies. it'll actually lower your chances of writing on if they edit it for you. the last thing you want to turn is is mental masterbation. also, they're not going to bluebook for you/check your cites. so what's the point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597756) |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:42 PM Author: supple apoplectic alpha kitty cat Would anyone find out? Probably not.
Is it worth the risk? That depends. Do you value your own integrity at all? How much do you want to practice law? If someone finds out (low probably), you probably won't pass character & fitness review (high cost). Regardless of whether anyone finds out, you will be acting without integrity (high cost to some, low to others) for certain (certain probability).
Am I being a douchebad for considering it? Yes. |
Date: April 20th, 2005 5:44 AM Author: Ocher mind-boggling plaza you probably won't get caught, but if you do your legal career is over, even in the unlikely event you get past the moral character determination. getting past your ethical lapse, a prospective employer is going to be asking what kind of writer you really are if you have to cheat your way on to law review, and wonder whether the writing samples you submit are legit.
proper citation form and the quality and logic of your legal argument is >>>> important than some stylistic crap that you might get from a professional editing service. |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 6:35 AM Author: Trip impertinent death wish you're a cheater. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597859) |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 9:32 AM Author: onyx aromatic den this is obvious (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2598132) |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 9:32 AM Author: cerebral business firm that's a great way to not get on law review. you think the essayedge people know what the bluebook is? please (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2598135) |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:15 PM Author: onyx aromatic den (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2600169) |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:25 PM Author: Hilarious Candlestick Maker Digit Ratio It seems like it would be really easy to get a member of your family or a close family friend (people who were on law review or are lawyers) to help you cheat, wouldn't get caught that way as long as you kept your mouth shut. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2600210) |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:46 PM Author: supple apoplectic alpha kitty cat Yeah, if your family members are also unethical scumbags. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2600308) |
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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:56 PM Author: bright curious piazza clown Yeah, just ask Uncle Joey. He'll help you. Remember the time he carried that brick of coke home that we bought on vacation in Columbia?
It might work, but you'll be *PWN3D* if anyone finds out about it. We're talking about your entire future career. And the edit might be bad, in which case you won't make the review anyway. On the other hand, if the edit is good and nobody finds out, they're still gonna wonder how it is that you, a B+ editor, came in with a 99.999th percentile edit. |