UC Personal Insight Questions Plagiarism Check

According to the UC Counselors and Advisers Bulletin – December 2024:

After the application filing deadline, UC reviews all PIQ responses for plagiarism by using a plagiarism detection software program. Applicants who are found with a potential plagiarism violation will be emailed in early January and will have two weeks to respond.

Applicants will be provided with instructions on how to submit information regarding the authenticity of their PIQ responses. The information that applicants provide will be reviewed by several campus admissions officials, and applicants will be notified of a decision on the authenticity of their PIQ responses.

Failure to respond to the request by the deadline will result in cancellation of the application.

Make sure you check your email (the one associated with your UC Application) and look in your spam folder (and “Promotions” tab for Gmail) in case you received a notification.

I have occasionally heard from students who plagiarized and gotten rejected across the entire UC system. If you did plagiarize, understand there are real consequences from your actions. If you did not plagiarize but received notification, treat the opportunity to defend yourself seriously.

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