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Replies to: Correcting application errors after submission or not
I accidentally put down Spanish with Listening instead of just Spanish as a test I "plan to take," even though the with listening is only offered in nov and i wrote the planned date as dec.
Will the admissions committee spend enough time looking at the test and planned test date to notice that I plan to take a test when it's not even offered? I know it was a thoughtless mistake but will correcting it make me seem slightly less ignorant?
Any advice would be helpful!
This, plus I forgot an "in" and a "the" in one essay and one supplement. Oops.
Ugh, this is killing me! Do you think that if I get deferred, I should reach out to the school and warn them of my mistake? I just discovered this and my EA results will be in in a few days...
fromm post 25
"I accidentally self- reported on my application a higher SAT subject test score, by a 10 point margin to Yale. Should I just rely on the fact that I sent my (correct) scores via college board and not give a short e-mail to them, explaining the "typo"?"
"Leave this one alone. Presumably you reported your OTHER results accurately (and, for Yale, this means at least four scores). So the admission committee members will not think that you're trying to pull a fast one on them. As you've noted yourself, they will use the official scores from the College Board, not the self-reported ones, when they decide your fate. Besides, a 10-point swing is not going to affect your outcome either way.
If this continues to nag at you (which it shouldn't) and if you end up having a Yale alum interview in the next few weeks, you can mention the minor mistake to your interviewer. Just say that it's been bugging you a little that you accidentally inflated one score by 10 points and that you don't want anyone at Yale to think you were being dishonest.
If there doesn't seem to be a good time to bring this up during your interview or if you don't have an interview at all, then just let it go. It's no big deal ... and not even a small one."
uheaven--this is another thing to let go. Frantic admission officers reading a gazillion applications a week are not going to differentiate between .02% and 2%. If you were giving instructions to a doctor or nurse doling out potent medications, then precision is important. In THIS case, however, the message you're trying to send is, "This is a highly selective summer program." And you made your point, albeit somewhat erroneously. So don't give it another thought and don't email your colleges!
If your counselor emailed your transcript to every college on your list, then that will solve the problem of an unreadable original transcript. But I do suggest that you telephone every admission office in about two weeks to make sure that a legible version of your transcript did indeed arrive. (And if you're then told NO, don't panic. You can simply ask your counselor to send it again. You won't be penalized as long as it's sent promptly.)
As for the OTHER mistake, it's hard to comment without knowing your TRUE status. If you are NOT an international student applying without aid, then what is your actual situation? You may need to send a correction to admission offices for this one, but it's not anything you have to worry about as long as colleges get the accurate information soon.
At the same time, be sure to complete all financial aid forms for international students and submit them by the deadlines.
Finally, I hope you are aware that colleges set the admissions bar very high for international applicants seeking aid. It's possible that the ED college that rejected you would have been a realistic option if you were an US citizen or if you weren't applying for aid. It probably was NOT the unreadable transcript that kept you out. (If the college officials thought you were a contender, they would have asked your counselor for a clearer transcript.)
Many international applicants who need financial aid make the mistake of applying to colleges that seem like "Match" schools based on median GPA's and test scores, but these schools often aren't truly Matches because of the financial-aid factor.
In order to be admitted with financial aid, many international students find that they must apply to colleges that would be "Safe" for them if money wasn't an issue.
So, before it's too late, go over your college list and make sure that it includes several places that seem "Safe." (Note, however, that NO college is truly safe for an international student who needs money.)
Although many deadlines have already passed, this is primarily true for the more selective colleges. Those that admit half or more of their applicants are typically still accepting applications. So make sure that your list includes some of these places. Good luck!