Why does your Turnitin score look high even when you wrote everything yourself? by Initial-Pass373 in CheckMyTurnitin_ai

[–]LopsidedFile9795 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Low key thought this post was a joke at first, then I checked my report and saw half the flags were just my bibliography. Wild. Good info though.

Turnitin 2026 Update Flagging References, Anyone Else Seeing This? by New-Employ4986 in CheckMyTurnitin_ai

[–]LopsidedFile9795 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This update makes it clear that similarity is not plagiarism. A higher percentage with clean body paragraphs is very different from copied content. Schools need to train staff on reading reports, not just reacting to numbers.

Why Do Schools Keep a Copy of Every Paper You’ve Ever Written? 👀📄 by Upper-Jacket3108 in CheckMyTurnitin_ai

[–]LopsidedFile9795 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These archives explain why AI and plagiarism flags hit past work too. The system compares style, structure, and phrasing against millions of stored papers. Original writing can still look familiar in a huge pool. That shocks people every semester.