Typos... fml - Page 2

honorstudent · 11-01-2009, 10:02 PM

But there are 3 very minor ones.... my instead of me, need instead of needed, and comma instead of period

shuaishuaishuai · 11-01-2009, 10:03 PM

just leave it. They probably won't even pick up on them since its so long.

honorstudent · 11-01-2009, 10:07 PM

That's what I was hoping and at the very least, it'll show I'm human right? Plus it's kind of an emotional topic so hopefully they won't really care. But that poster on the first page really scared me saying the adcom told them we're basically done for.

civomorth · 11-01-2009, 10:14 PM

I'm sorry about that. The lady was being mean i guess because arts and science gets the most applications

countryangel926 · 11-01-2009, 10:18 PM

Your essay was 1000 words? Wasn't the limit 500? They probably won't even read the whole thing.

honorstudent · 11-01-2009, 10:18 PM

Ha oh well. I guess it's not like I had a chance anyways. I'll just start prepping for rejection.

honorstudent · 11-01-2009, 10:19 PM

countryangel- Oh no, the typos were on the common app essay so no word limit technically. And I'm afraid to even go back and look at my supplement to see if there were typos.

norcalguy · 11-01-2009, 10:30 PM

Your neuroticism is probably the bigger issue here. Hopefully that didn't come across in your application.

honorstudent · 11-01-2009, 10:43 PM

^Lol wow, thanks. I actually took a professional personality evaluation thing and my neuroticism was extremely low, like 20% over all which means solid as a rock but I think it's just that I've been working towards Cornell for years and it's my absolutely first choice like life or death that I'm freaking out so bad.

ZFanatic · 11-01-2009, 10:52 PM

I had a couple of stupid sentences in my essay. I had one insane sentence fragment. Like seriously, half of a sentence. And a few other typos and grammar mistakes and whatnot.

Guess where I am?
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It's not the end of the world.

honorstudent · 11-01-2009, 11:02 PM

Zfanatic, I seriously love you. Thanks for making me feel soo much better.

Tboonepickens · 11-02-2009, 12:16 AM

I had a few minor typo's too (I also did the me/my fail). I honestly don't think the adcoms notice or care. Each year, cornell receives 34,000 apps. They spend an average of 15 minutes or so on each app (from arts and sciences admissions lady). That is 8,500 man-hours of apps crap alone.

SAT2350 · 11-02-2009, 03:31 AM

SO,,Did the admissions staff reply to your email?? lol

east89 · 11-02-2009, 03:41 AM

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i went to arts and sceicne info session and the lady was like, "make mistakes like spelling errors and your out".

Seriously? Wow.

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I had a couple of stupid sentences in my essay. I had one insane sentence fragment. Like seriously, half of a sentence. And a few other typos and grammar mistakes and whatnot.

Which college are you in?

thevicfung · 11-02-2009, 04:59 AM

yeah i was really worried about typos as well...found 2 at the last minute, but I still think i probably have a few more in there I havent seen yet