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So I accidentally attached the wrong personal statement...

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:45 am
by BruiserWoods
I had two versions - one 700 words and one 500. I sent the 700 word version to a school with a 500 word limit, and it says it was transmitted.

In LSAC it will let me delete/change my personal statement file, but I'm guessing that doesn't matter since it's already been transmitted?

So are my chances pretty much destroyed at this point? Should I even bother e-mailing the correct version? Is that worse than just leaving the wrong version?

Re: So I accidentally attached the wrong personal statement...

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:59 am
by banjo
Just email the correct version.

Re: So I accidentally attached the wrong personal statement...

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:20 am
by Wingtip88
BruiserWoods wrote:So are my chances pretty much destroyed at this point? Should I even bother e-mailing the correct version? Is that worse than just leaving the wrong version?
Are you seriously getting this worked up over such a tiny, inconsequential error?

Contact the admissions folks via email or phone call and advise them of what happened, and email the correct personal statement. And relax.

Re: So I accidentally attached the wrong personal statement...

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:39 am
by eriedoctrine
BruiserWoods wrote:I had two versions - one 700 words and one 500. I sent the 700 word version to a school with a 500 word limit, and it says it was transmitted.

In LSAC it will let me delete/change my personal statement file, but I'm guessing that doesn't matter since it's already been transmitted?

So are my chances pretty much destroyed at this point? Should I even bother e-mailing the correct version? Is that worse than just leaving the wrong version?
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Just kidding, don't worry about it. Worst case they deduct 1-2 LSAT from your application, which in the grand scheme of things isn't too bad.