Found a type-o in a submitted application! Forum

[whippersnappery]

I found a minor typeo (that instead of there) in my PS in a submitted application. Should I send the school a new essay, or hope they don't catch it? Help!

[Happy Gilmore]

Lol they'll catch it but there is nothing you can do.

[Bildungsroman]

Why would you put your blood type on an application?

[Ludo!]

I found a typo in your thread title

[Danger Zone]

Don't be such a type A about it.

[rockclimber2013]

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[hephaestus]

Even if they catch it its unlikely to really affect you.

[TheSpanishMain]

I'm guessing nearly everyone has a typo/grammatical error somewhere in their application. Unless your PS is riddled with spelling errors, I doubt it'll have much effect.

[Scuppers]

I'm reapplying this year. Last year I spent a month editing my PS until it was pristine. This year I submitted the same PS with only like two new sentences, rushed to get all my apps submitted, and only after they all transmitted did I notice that one of my two new sentences had 3 extra words in it for no reason. Not even sure how that happened--think I bumped control V or something on my final pass through. hahahahaha You win, law school. You win.

Basically I want to throw up now.

But I'm not sure if it's worth it to send an updated one or not, or if I do try to update it, if I should do it before or after it goes complete...

[heythatslife]

A day after I sent in my UVa app, I also noticed a typo on my PS. Serves me right for not having the patience to wait for my friend to finish proofreading it. But to look on the bright side of things, this was the only app that I sent in before rectifying the error, and it was kinda my safety school anyway, so I'm not too worried (or so I'm telling myself). I'd have freaked if this mistake had been on my HYS apps.

[hiltopp01]

A day after I sent in my UVa app, I also noticed a typo on my PS. Serves me right for not having the patience to wait for my friend to finish proofreading it. But to look on the bright side of things, this was the only app that I sent in before rectifying the error, and it was kinda my safety school anyway, so I'm not too worried (or so I'm telling myself). I'd have freaked if this mistake had been on my HYS apps.

Rancid anti-UVA trolling.

[KD35]

You should've been overly anal about that stuff. Practice for LRW/Law Review/memo-writing

[bp shinners]

I made substantially bigger typos than this in the PS I submitted to some schools, and I just emailed a corrected essay to the admissions office the next day. (I said something like "I accidentally attached the wrong PS" rather than "I made a typo"). I got in everywhere I applied with the re-submitted essay (including Harvard/Stanford), so I don't think they're nearly as uptight as people here will have you believe.

Not everyone who works in the admissions office will be reviewing your application and making a decision. The person who puts together the application package for review does not fall under that category, and that's the person with whom you'll speak to make this happen. If you call up, ask politely, and get their e-mail, you can often get the essay switched out with no issues. Often, not always.

But a single typo isn't a huge issue; an issue, but not a huge one.

[dowu]

The funnest typo/mistake for me was the one where I left the same school in my PS and sent it off to like 4 schools before noticing.


Still got in to all of those schools.

[Scuppers]

The funnest typo/mistake for me was the one where I left the same school in my PS and sent it off to like 4 schools before noticing.


Still got in to all of those schools.

176 power.