We get it. By the time you have reached the final stage of your degree programme,
the dissertation or thesis can seem like a major hurdle. Your battery is flat and the temptation
to hire someone to do a little writing for you is understandable. The light at the end of the tunnel
is visible but you have got this seemingly massive hurdle between you and the finish
line. It would not be such a bad thing to get a little help in the form of a writing service,
right? Wrong, in this video, we will unpack six reasons why you should never consider using a
dissertation or thesis writing service not even for a chapter or two. These reasons range from
ethical which you may or may not care about to practical which you will definitely care
about. If you are feeling even a little tempted you definitely need to watch on.
Reason number one it is blatant academic misconduct. Despite what the well-polished
dissertation writing websites might tell you if your dissertation or thesis is written by
anyone other than yourself even partially that constitutes academic misconduct plain and simple.
Yes, you can get guidance and review-based support from a dissertation coach and generally you can
even outsource non-essential tasks such as transcription, editing and proofreading to
a professional but the actual writing must be your own work. So what are the consequences of
academic misconduct you may ask? Well, this will vary between universities but academic misconduct
in the form of having someone else write your dissertation for you will usually result in your
entire degree being revoked. Yeah, you heard that right. Your entire degree it does not matter that
you completed your assignments reports and exams on your own your entire degree will evaporate.
So if you decide to hire a dissertation writing service you will be risking the many years' worth
of work you have put into your degree. To make it even worse some universities will go so far as to
blacklist you and share the information with other universities which will make your life
really difficult if you ever try to apply for another degree programme elsewhere. One
more thing to keep in mind your university can initiate an investigation at any point in the
future if there is any reason for them to suspect that you have cheated the system. This means that
your degree can get revoked many years after you have received it. So just because you can get
away with it and receive your certificate now does not mean you are set for life.
Reason number two cheating the system can amount to fraud. If the thought of getting blacklisted
for academic misconduct does not scare you off the idea of committing fraud should. But how
does a little rule-bending in university amount to fraud? Well, the primary reason that most
people complete a degree is to gain employment or to improve their current employability.
Of course, employers do not make their decisions based purely on your qualifications
but your education is always an important factor in the recruitment process. So if your degree was
gained in part by cheating you would be using illegitimate documentation in other words your
degree to earn money. Disagree? Well, here is the Oxford dictionary definition of fraud.
Fraud, the wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
Sound familiar? Naturally different countries and employers will take different views on this
but there is a very real risk that if you are caught at any point in the future by
your employer they will have a clear case of misrepresentation against you
at best or fraud at worst. That is not going to be fun especially if you earned a law degree.
Reason number three you will probably be caught. The biggest misconception we see among students
who are considering using a dissertation or thesis writing service is that they genuinely think they
will not get caught. But my writer has a PhD but this company has loads of positive reviews,
oh, but my friend knows someone who did it and it worked. Okay, yeah, here is the thing universities
know all about these types of services and many institutions dedicate resources to detecting them,
especially for dissertations and theses as these are the crowning jewel of any degree. In fact,
it is really quite easy for a university to see when things look fishy and ultimately
catch you out. For a start, a dissertation usually involves supervisor interaction and involvement.
That supervisor works with you and as a result, can easily spot any inconsistencies in writing and
communication style. They can also easily assess whether you understand what you have written
when they speak with you in real-time. All it takes is one little contradiction to arouse
their suspicions. Ultimately a research project like a dissertation or thesis is an ongoing dance
between you and your supervisor or advisor or chair. There is simply no way to incorporate an
outsourced dissertation rider who is often sitting on the other side of the world into this party
without someone smelling a rat. The love triangle just does not work. Also if you have to present an
oral defence as part of your project you will almost certainly get caught out at that stage
as the examiners will dig into the finer details of your research and ask you probing questions
that you probably will not be able to answer. If any suspicions arise your university can
easily compare your previous written work, for example, your assignments and reports to your
forged dissertation and identify the inconsistencies both in terms of the
language and the overall quality of the work. They can also ask to review your data sources. Many
universities will require this by default which you will not be able to provide since dissertation
writing services do not typically undertake any real data collection. Long story short,
do not make the misguided assumption that you will not get caught chances are you will.
Reason number four the work probably will not even be pass worthy. This one is pretty simple
as the saying goes if you pay peanuts you get monkeys. Undertaking quality research
and writing up a quality dissertation or thesis requires a significant time investment and a
substantial amount of effort. There is simply no way around that. So you cannot realistically
expect quality work from a dissertation mill that promises a document in a week or two sometimes
even a few days at a rock bottom price. Sadly we have seen it so many times students approach
us at Grad Coach after they have paid anything from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars
to some supposedly highly ranked dissertation writer then they receive a piece of work that is
nowhere near pass worthy. In their despair, they reach out to us to try to help put the proverbial
lipstick on the pig. Needless to say, that is an impossible task. The bottom line is that you get
what you pay for and sometimes not even that. No self-respecting PhD holder is going to pump
out dissertations and theses for a minimum wage and with impossible timelines. Moreover, anyone
that has been through the pain of earning a PhD, a real one, would have major ethical objections to
engaging in this type of work. It fundamentally goes against the purpose of academia.
Helping people develop knowledge and skills, knowledge and skills which you will also
be missing out on by the way. So if you do decide to hire a dissertation writer
there is a very good chance you are going to end up with a piece of work that is nowhere near the
quality level it needs to be which means you have achieved nothing, wasted a pile of money and you
are back to square one and that is a relatively good outcome especially compared to the next one.
Reason number five there is a good chance it is a scam. If you thought getting a low-quality piece
of writing was bad imagine this not getting anything at all. Very often these writing
services fall into the if it looks too good to be true it is not category. Over the years we have
had numerous students approach us after falling victim to a dissertation writing service scam.
Generally, it is the companies and websites that offer really low rates
and or promise suspiciously quick turnaround times but it can happen with any level of provider.
These students then find themselves in a really tough position they have spent all their money on
a scam and have made absolutely zero progress towards a submission-worthy dissertation or
thesis. But this company has over a thousand reviews on Facebook you say. Come on do not be
fooled by the glowing reviews remember you are looking at the reviews of a company whose core
business is creating fake documents. Simply put if you are going to hire someone that helps you
scam your university do not be surprised if you end up being the one getting scammed.
Last but not least reason number six. You will have to live with it forever.
Okay, so let us just assume that somehow you do get away with it somehow you manage to find a
reliable company that is not a scam that produces a semi-decent dissertation without any interaction
with your supervisor and does not trigger any alarm bells with your supervisor or examiners.
As we have already said this is highly unlikely but let us just assume that somehow you managed
to do it even if you managed to pull that off you will still have to live with the lie for
the rest of your life. There is no rewinding the clock or making it right at a later stage.
Now perhaps that does not seem like a major thing right now but your perspective will
likely change as you get older and imposter syndrome will creep in. So keep that in mind.
As you get older your ethical perspectives will change and you will have no option to
reverse the decision you made and set it right. You will always have the weight of
deception on your shoulders and you will always be wondering if one day you will get caught.
That is a burden you do not want to be carrying around for the rest of your days.
All right if you have put in the effort to watch this far I am hoping you have come
to see the light and realised that hiring any sort of dissertation or thesis writing service
is the worst decision you could possibly make regardless of the circumstances.
If you have got any questions, be sure to leave a comment below and we will do our
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