Application Essay Mistake -- Please help!

marvin100
Wed, 02 Mar 2016 05:40:24 +0000

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Singular they is completely acceptable even according to a growing number of style manuals. The question is whether you care to go to a school that employs pedants admissions officers who don’t realize that the concept of “correct usage” is subject to change.

Seconded. Singular they is just fine, and that sentence has zero percent chance of hurting your admissions results.