PTCAS Spelling Error

[oceanside1]

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This is my first time using this site. I have worked endlessly on the ptcas application since the day it opened which was probably one of the biggest headaches I've ever had to deal with. I thought I had everything checked as needed, so I submitted the application a couple days ago. However, I had to go back in to check something and underneath the certifications section where I listed my First Aid training certificate, I spelled it "Furst Aid" like a complete *****. My finger must have slipped while I was typing it out (please don't think that's how I actually believed it was spelled). Is this basically a deal breaker in my application? "Oh this guy can't spell first aid correctly or properly check an important document. Next!" *trashes application.
Please tell me this has happened before...

 

[jag114]

I don't think it's a complete deal breaker in your application. A school might use it to make a decision if you and another applicant were the exact same on everything else maybe, but I don't think you should worry too much. Last year I completely misread a prompt for a supplemental application so I wrote the wrong essay, and then later had to email the school asking them to please ignore the previous essay and sent them an updated one instead. I ended up getting accepted to that school! So from my experience, it seems like schools are willing to overlook mistakes like that.

 

[drs17]

This is my first time using this site. I have worked endlessly on the ptcas application since the day it opened which was probably one of the biggest headaches I've ever had to deal with. I thought I had everything checked as needed, so I submitted the application a couple days ago. However, I had to go back in to check something and underneath the certifications section where I listed my First Aid training certificate, I spelled it "Furst Aid" like a complete *****. My finger must have slipped while I was typing it out (please don't think that's how I actually believed it was spelled). Is this basically a deal breaker in my application? "Oh this guy can't spell first aid correctly or properly check an important document. Next!" *trashes application.
Please tell me this has happened before...

You could try contacting PTCAS to see if you could change it