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Old 10-30-2009, 01:47 PM   #1
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Typo on Supplement Essay

So I just submitted my application. I review it afterwards, and I find, on my supplement essay, a glaring typo.

It is a comma which isn't supposed to be there.

I'm serious, I know it's a ridiculously minor thing to be so worried about, but its nagging and nagging me.

How much bearing will this have, do you think?
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Old 10-30-2009, 02:10 PM   #2
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A misplaced comma is reason enough to reject you from any institution you may apply. Better luck next year.
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Old 10-30-2009, 02:18 PM   #3
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An isolated typographical error that does not render your intended meaning ambiguous will not hurt your chances very much if at all.

The only errors that really hurt people are using the wrong school name or having a clearly deficient grasp of grammar.
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Old 10-30-2009, 02:34 PM   #4
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Relax. It won't matter a bit, unless you wrote Ya,le.
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Old 10-30-2009, 02:43 PM   #5
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Or worse, Y'ale
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Old 10-30-2009, 07:01 PM   #6
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Or worse still, H'arv,ard.
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