Spelling Error on Diversity Statement - Resubmit? Forum

[ml1212]

I just realized that in a quick last-minute edit to the old adjective i had in my diversity statement to "distinct" I must have hit an extra letter and it was misspelled "disntinct" - this is to UCLA, a school I am a borderline at best candidate for.

resubmit?
call them?
or just have nightmares about this until the end of time?

thanks.

[d.schoenfeld16]

The brain likes to fill in the right word automatically as long as it has the correct first and last letters. It is such a slight mistake that I wouldn't worry about pointing it out to them, chances are they won't even realize it.

[Liquox]

don't worry about it. ucla admissions reads quickly. they probably won't even notice it unless you point it out to them.

[ml1212]

ok thanks for the feedback, just upset that after reading it through a million times, i make one change at the end and it is a sp error. ugh.

[Liquox]

relax dude, go get a drink and enjoy yourself. the worst part is over.

[Nulli Secundus]

It will stand out among all the perfectly written diversity statements and underline the diversity you would bring. This is a good thing.

[JDizzle2015]

I wouldn't worry about it.

Two of the schools I got into this cycle (one reach and one target) had apps with stupid and obvious typos. As difficult as it is for us TLSers/type-As to leave it alone, it's probably TCR.