During spring quarter 2016, a paper I wrote for Ancient Near East 10W (Jerusalem: Holy City) was flagged for plagiarism. Turnitin.com flagged it as about 25% plagiarized from different sources on the internet. I was subsequently called in to speak with my TA, then my professor and finally the dean. After explaining the situation and the circumstances, it was decided that a quarter suspension was the appropriate punishment. I was lucky that it happened during spring quarter, as the suspended quarter was the summer. I was not planning on taking summer classes, so the suspension did not affect my graduation plan that much. However, since I did not pass Ancient Near East 10W (Jerusalem: Holy City), I needed to complete my writing 2 requirement
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I was slightly coasting through school, and while I was aware of it, it was hard to stop. My study habits were poor, my procrastination was really affecting my classes and I was rarely really getting anything from my classes. My grades for the most part were fine which did the opposite of deterring my poor habits. However, this incident I believe really did help me to realize the problem. This summer has actually been one of my better ones to date, I travelled around the world, I helped start a volunteer outreach initiative, I worked with a venture backed startup, finished my writing 2 class and did developmental economic research. I do believe that this experience has definitely been a something to learn from. Apart from improving my study habits, I know that getting a grade lower for asking for more time is way better than failing the class. I have started to improve my time management skills, something I learned is very important in the professional world especially when you do not have someone directly supervising you. I will take more advantage of the resources available to students for academic help as well as the counseling. Overall this experience has been a positive one for me, I wish it did not have to come this far, but I am glad that I get to finish my time at UCLA as best I
I was slightly coasting through school, and while I was aware of it, it was hard to stop. My study habits were poor, my procrastination was really affecting my classes and I was rarely really getting anything from my classes. My grades for the most part were fine which did the opposite of deterring my poor habits. However, this incident I believe really did help me to realize the problem. This summer has actually been one of my better ones to date, I travelled around the world, I helped start a volunteer outreach initiative, I worked with a venture backed startup, finished my writing 2 class and did developmental economic research. I do believe that this experience has definitely been a something to learn from. Apart from improving my study habits, I know that getting a grade lower for asking for more time is way better than failing the class. I have started to improve my time management skills, something I learned is very important in the professional world especially when you do not have someone directly supervising you. I will take more advantage of the resources available to students for academic help as well as the counseling. Overall this experience has been a positive one for me, I wish it did not have to come this far, but I am glad that I get to finish my time at UCLA as best I