I misspelled a word on CORNELL supplement essay!!! help.....

stanford09 · 12-30-2008, 09:42 PM

Instead of "allows" I put "allow" and I just realized it. Is not it terrible? will they pay a lot of attention to it? uhhhhh... anyone with similar experiences. I feel really bad about it.

Tboonepickens · 12-30-2008, 09:47 PM

good luck at stanford then....

anyway, please do a forum search, there have been a few threads about this.

StevenWheatland · 12-30-2008, 09:49 PM

Spelling is more important than the SAT and GPA combined.

mike4192 · 12-30-2008, 09:53 PM

Consider yourself auto-rejected.

stanford09 · 12-30-2008, 10:00 PM

I did not misspell it on stanford ones so dont worry. But.. is one word really that bad?

StevenWheatland · 12-30-2008, 10:15 PM

Yes. It is probably the worst thing in the world ever. I'd rather get an 800 out of 2400 on my SAT then misspell one word.

Shifu Yoda · 12-30-2008, 10:42 PM

... You guys are funny... Calm down.

I spelled "sun screen" as "sun scream" on my application and I didn't get rejected. Chillax!

StevenWheatland · 12-30-2008, 10:44 PM

You can reassure him all you want Yoda but it's true, a misspelling, especially at an ivy, means carelessness and lack of concern.

Shifu Yoda · 12-30-2008, 10:50 PM

Well I was in ESL, so my essays sound genuine.

StevenWheatland · 12-30-2008, 10:51 PM

I don't know what ESL means

Shifu Yoda · 12-30-2008, 10:52 PM

... =.=

English as Second Language...

StevenWheatland · 12-30-2008, 10:53 PM

oh so you have an excuse.
what does ...=.= mean?

JPcomm. · 12-30-2008, 11:03 PM

=.= is just(i am pretty sure) a face thingy.lol

btw- i was an esl student back in 9th grade. we rock!lol

StevenWheatland · 12-30-2008, 11:05 PM

Well that face thing doesn't make any sense.

UZZhan · 12-30-2008, 11:08 PM

omg. I loled so hard and think I just peed in my pants a lil