Hello!
On my CommonApp current/most recent year courses, I wrote that I would be taking AP US Government and Politics for a whole year (2 credits), when in reality the course is split into 1 semester of AP US Gov (1 credit) and 1 semester for Honors Macroeconomics (1 credit). Is this an error worth emailing officers to correct, or should I just leave it be?
@Sally_Rubenstone I’m so sorry for asking so many questions but I was just wondering about this. In my activities section, I listed two different orchestras. In one orchestra I wrote (word for word) that I “Play in 1st violin section” in the description and in the other orchestra I just said “1st violin” in the description (I had to shorten it because there was more to write about the second orchestra and limited space). For both orchestras I wrote that my position was a Violinist. I was wondering if colleges will think I was first chair/concertmaster/section leader of first violins in the second orchestra because I simply wrote 1st violin. Should I email to clarify this? Thank you so much for your time, I really appreciate it!
@thelostmarauder -This is fine as is. No need to write to the college folks … you’d probably just confuse them (or annoy them 
). Don’t worry about this.
@Sally_Rubenstone Thank you for replying! So in that case is worth it to email to clarify the years that I had the position of being in the first violin section? For context, I have been in an orchestra for all four years of high school and I put down that my position in the orchestra is a Violinist and then in the description of the activity I said that I “play in 1st violin section”. This is true as I currently play in the first violin section however, I moved up from the violin 2 section. So I am a first violin in grade 12 (now) and was a second violin in grades 9,10, and 11. I did not think to include this on my application and I am afraid that colleges may think of this as a falsification of some sort.
@thelostmarauder -College officials don’t expect a detailed description of each activity in the minuscule space provided. So what you’ve said is fine and won’t spawn suspicion about your honesty.
If, however, you are applying to colleges as a Music Performance major (which I’m guessing you’re not) then a more specific account of your experience would be appropriate–and your application will probably demand it. Otherwise, please let this go! Good luck on your outcomes.
@Sally_Rubenstone D’s counselor submitted her mid-year report to the common app yesterday and we subsequently discovered several issues in the high school portal regarding D’s grades and coursework for the first semester.
First, and less important, an incorrect final grade was listed in one of D’s first semester classes. It was not a huge error but D actually received an 88 (B+) not an 86 (B). She had all A’s or A-‘s in the rest of her classes. The incorrect grade was also calculated into her GPA.
Second, and more troubling, D’s transcript does not show credit for a college class that D took first semester for high school credit only. I assume that the transcript gets sent with the mid-year report? The grade appears as a Pass in her report card but it’s not listed on her transcript.
Of course, we just noticed this and it is school vacation week and none of this will be brought up to her counselor or resolved during the time off.
D also has to self report her grades by completing SRAR reports for two of the schools. This complicates things further.
Do we sit tight for the week until it can be resolved with D’s counselor or does D need to get in touch with her schools pro-actively ? I am less concerned about the small grade difference in one class than about the entire class missing from D’s transcript!
Please help. Thank you for any suggestions.
Hello,
I realize this is an old thread but I ran across it due to an uploading error for scholarship essays. I have read a number of comments here in hopes of avoiding adding to the posts but didn't see anything relevant to my specific situation.
I submitted a scholarship application within two minutes of the deadline and when I review the submission it is showing that one of the 2 documents required is duplicated instead of one of each, meaning one, my CV, is missing. That seems more significant than your general typos and I did email to confirm how it is showing for them because I am also not seeing any paragraph indention so I’m wondering if my Internet connection -which is sketchy- is to blame for what I’m seeing? And if not will submitting the CV when they get back to me hurt my chances even though I emailed within 10 minutes of the deadline and I have a very strong application and essays. Anyone with any is welcome to offer input. I am assuming I will have to suffer through the weekend before even having a chance of hearing anything. Thanks.
@alldonealldone -There’s no down side to your daughter taking the proactive approach and clarifying the mistake + omission with admission offices now.
But urge her to do it without throwing her counselor under the bus. 
In other words, she should just briefly state that she noticed two errors in her mid-year report and felt it could be helpful to correct them promptly since her school is on break and so her counselor won’t be able to send an official correction for over a week. But no need to say that the counselor botched the report in the first place.
Not a big deal but it’s still worth setting the record straight.
This glitch probably won’t affect your scholarship chances, but I suggest that you email your CV right NOW (along with a BRIEF explanation of why you’re sending it this way) rather than waiting for a response.
Good luck!
Thank you so much. How should D update her SRAR? Is she supposed to just stick to exactly what her transcript shows even with the mistakes or add the correct information?
She can update it so it’s accurate and explain the changes in her email.
Hi @Sally_Rubenstone, this college process has made me super paranoid and I have two questions about what I put down on my application. In the description for a club I am in, I put down “Raised $9000 that was donated to charity; organize meetings.” This statement is true but I am worried that it may be misleading as I did not single handedly raise the money by myself, but rather it was raised as a club over the four years I was in the club. The other issue is that for the activity description for NHS I put down exactly what part of the mission statement is, as I wasn’t really thinking when I was filling it out, so the description says “Recognizes students who demonstrate scholarship, leadership, service, and character” without the quotation marks. I am worried that this may be considered plagiarism of some sort. Should I clarify these issues through email or even through the portal. I am worried because I have already emailed some of my schools once. Thank you so much!
@amazonforest -You’re definitely being paranoid and unnecessarily so. The college folks will not assume that you raised those funds on your own nor will they view the NHS language you used as plagiarism. So relax and try to put these concerns out of your mind.
@Sally_Rubenstone thank you for your helpful responses. We found out that there was actually only 1 mistake on the transcript submitted with D’s mid year report. One grade was entered as ~86 (B) instead of her actual grade of ~88 (B+) and it was calculated into her gpa this way as well. The rest of her grades were A and A-‘s. (The class that we previously thought was left off was actually included). Is it worth it to write to the schools just to correct this? She did correct it in the SRAR for the two schools that use it,the rest do not. D will receive her official report card in the mail this week and it should show the correct grade. Should she send it in to her schools with a note? Or, is it not worth it? Thank you.
@alldonealldone–As a parent myself, I know I’d be irked if my child had been deprived of even two points that were deserved, especially when it affects the actual course grade. So, yes, your daughter can send a correction to her colleges after she gets her report card.
She should keep her explanation brief, and add a touch of humor if she’s comfortable with it. (Something like “Hopefully you won’t view me as an obsessive teenager splitting hairs over a couple little points. But I gave up quite a few Gilmore Girls reruns to earn those points, so I’m not letting them slip by! Sorry for the added work for you, and thanks for the extra consideration.”)
Thank you very much. She will do just that!
Greetings! I’m truly grateful for the dedication you’ve given to students in terms of answering tough Common Application related error questions for us High School Students
I’m an international Gap Year student from the Philippines, and sadly I’ve come to realize my own error in my Common App Activities section, in which for an internship I did for my City Hall. I was part of a 2-week internship program that in-total provided 80 hrs of work experience for students in the 12th grade.
I mistakenly placed in my Common App that the activity spanned for 80 hours for each week for two weeks. 
In this time, what should be my next course of action or should I just leave it as it is?
Thank you truly so much!
I’ve realized that also my Current and Most Recent Courses my Fundamentals of Accounting II class was listed as (REG) when I checked my transcript should’ve been (CPREP) I emailed a college about this correction and they said they only considered courses on the official transcript, so I assumed that would be the same for the majority of schools that I applied to. But I cannot help feeling anxious about it.
You continuously are a light to such nerve-wracking times
@coffeejelly05 --Let this go. Admission officials reading at warp speed are unlikely to notice your mistake. But if they do, they’ll just chalk it up to a typo and move on. They won’t think that you’re trying to cheat nor will they assume that you slept overnight at City Hall. 
It would be a different story if you’d said that you did the internship for 80 WEEKS when you’d only done it for two. But the error you made was minor, so don’t give it another thought.
No need to feel anxious, and just forget about this as well. VERY MINOR!!