Whether you can see your Turnitin score before your final, graded submission depends entirely on how your instructor configured that specific assignment, not on a universal trick. Some courses allow unlimited draft submissions that show you a similarity and AI-writing score ahead of the deadline. Others allow exactly one submission, which is also your only look at the number.
How to tell which setup your course is using
Check the assignment page in your LMS for language like "resubmissions allowed" or a visible attempt counter. If it shows attempts remaining, you can submit early and see the score.
Look for a due date that's earlier than the actual deadline, sometimes labeled a "draft due date." Some instructors set this up specifically so students can check their score and revise.
If neither is visible, ask directly. It's a normal, reasonable question, and the answer varies enough between courses that guessing wrong costs you your only submission.
A meaningful number of institutions turn resubmission off entirely once Turnitin flagged issues with students using early submissions purely to game the wording until the score dropped, so don't assume your course allows it just because a past one did.
What Turnitin's Quick Submit changes
Quick Submit is a separate submission mode some instructors and departments use, mainly because it skips adding the paper to Turnitin's own repository and skips some peer-comparison checks. If your course uses it, the report can generate faster, but it doesn't change whether resubmission is allowed. That setting is independent and controlled separately by whoever set up the assignment.
Once a report generates, how long it actually takes to appear is covered in how long does Turnitin take, which applies the same way whether or not your course uses Quick Submit.
If you only get one submission
Score your draft with an independent tool before you submit anything to Turnitin at all, since that's the only way to get a read on where you stand when Turnitin itself won't give you a second look.
Check your draft with a free AI detector before your one submission, not after.
If it comes back flagged and the content is accurate, our free AI Humanizer restructures the phrasing without changing what you're actually saying.
What the number itself means once you have it is covered in what does a Turnitin AI score mean.
Frequently asked questions
Can I always resubmit to Turnitin if my first score is bad?
No. Whether resubmission is allowed is set per assignment by your instructor, and plenty of courses only accept one submission that counts. Check your assignment settings before you rely on a second attempt.
Does Quick Submit mean I can't see my score early?
Not directly. Quick Submit controls whether your paper joins Turnitin's comparison repository and skips certain checks, but resubmission access is a separate setting your instructor controls independently.
If my course allows drafts, does my early submission count toward my final grade?
Only the final submission you designate, or the one in place at the deadline, is what your instructor grades. Draft submissions exist specifically so you can check and revise before that point.
