Arg! I messed up on Duke's secondary.

[GS]

Okay, here is the problem. I entered the date of President Bush's televised address on stem cells as August 16, 2001 on my Duke secondary when it was August 9th, 2001. I can't change it since I submitted it. What should I do? Should I send a letter to the admissions comittee apologizing for the typo, should I not worry about? Am I doomed?

Thanks,
GS

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[jasmine]

The date is a very very minor detail - I think you can rest easy. I doubt anybody will remember whether it was Aug 9 or Aug 16 or whatever.

Just worry about whether or not your arguement was sound and the essay written well.

 

[Dr Krazy]

there's something that i'm not too sure about....you know how the essay wants you to identify and address potential ethical questions? what i did was come up with arguments for the conservative side and the liberal side, and set them against each other. i did not write an essay based on my own views of the topic. am i ok in doing this??

 

[jasmine]

I've looked to see if anyone posted this, but I don't think anyone has - what are the questions for Duke's secondary?

And btw if the essay question did not ask you for your opinion, then what you did was fine. It makes a more convincing arguement when you take a side, though - just don't straw-man the opposing arguements.