8 Grammar Errors That Make Admission Officers Cringe

HarrietMWelsch
Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:21:41 +0000

What does “mix pronouns” mean, @twoinanddone?

Overall, I think the advice to proofread super carefully is spot on.

The grammar advice a little less so. Or at any rate, it’s a little alarmist in a couple of cases - I doubt there are very many application readers who cringe even a tiny bit over a split infinitive, and very few over a preposition at the end of a sentence. They’re going to prefer writing that reads smoothly, not writing that’s contorted to fit rules that arguably don’t even apply to a piece of writing like a personal statement.

Use the correct word(s), and proofread carefully.