LizzyM question

[JasonE]

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i was wondering, how do admcoms feel about typos? if there is one (or very few), do they get overlooked? can they hurt applicants?

 

[Jolie South]

If you've already turned in your app, what difference does it make?

It's out of your hands now.

 

[Mattabet]

Typos are obviously not good. That said, if you write 10,000 words and one of them has an extra 'p', it's probably not going to be a game-breaker. If typos affect the reading of your personal statement or makes it look as though you tried to do a rush-job to get it turned in, then that's probably not going to help you.

But as Jolie said, it's turned in now, so no use crying over spilt milk.

 

[Omni]

if you're comfortable, you can PM me your paper and I'll tell you if your typos were noticeable or if it hindered my reading of it.

 

[Stratego]

I misspelled the word 'sophomore,' which I still cringe to think of, but I got accepted anyway. Adcomms are humans whoo make mistakes too. You'll be forgiven, unless you substituted the name of another school for the one you meant to write.

 

[nick_carraway]

These posts always remind me of Batman's signal.

 

[Omni]

These posts always remind me of Batman's signal.

That's exactly what I was gonna say! I was even gonna make one with photoshop. A halogen struck at the sky with LM written on it.

 

[sarahl86]

I had one (maybe two?) grammatical typos in my PS - no mention was ever made of it. And still managed to get accepted to a couple places, so its not the end of the world...but it also depends on how bad the typo was.

 

[LizzyM]

That's exactly what I was gonna say! I was even gonna make one with photoshop. A halogen struck at the sky with LM written on it.

I'm taking a break from now through Labor Day because of some pressing things at work, See you in September.


OP: the advice you've gotten is pretty much my experience with the adcom members I know. Move on and be careful with the secondaries.

 

[Narmerguy]

I'm taking a break from now through Labor Day because of some pressing things at work, See you in September.

What...will...we...do...?

 

[caniac]

What...will...we...do...?

my thoughts exactly!

 

[BlueElmo]

How do you misspell words? I find Microsoft Word's Spell Check to be an excellent resource.

 

[JasonE]

sometimes the misspelled word is also another word, so when you read it over your mind fills in the right word even though its not actually the right word

 

[nick_carraway]

sometimes the misspelled word is also another word, so when you read it over your mind fills in the right word even though its not actually the right word

Like assay or essay.

Or you're like me and never add new words to the Microsoft dictionary so you become used to ignoring red underlines and miss real typos sometimes.

 

[JJMrK]

I left out the word "is" in one of my secondaries. It now reads: "It this..." instead of "It is this...". Hopefully not a big deal, but I'm not stressing over it, and neither should you, OP.

 

[Zoom-Zoom]

my thoughts exactly!

She really is like batman...

 

[runrunrudolph1]

I'm taking a break from now through Labor Day because of some pressing things at work, See you in September.

uh oh