I just submitted my Yale and Columbia applications and AFTER the submission found two huge sentence structure errors in the application:
“As a diplomacy-enthusiast, Columbia’s location is unparalleled”
“As a diplomacy-enthusiast, Yale becomes an instant obsession for me”
I am overwhelmed with despair now! My English is excellent but I think these sentences would portray a very poor impression of my language in the admission meetings.
What should I do now?
Will this make a rejection more imminent?
Should I email the admissions at these two schools with a corrected version?
Urgent advice needed! Thanks in advance
I think the most glaring of errors would be to have submitted your statement to Columbia to Yale, or vice versa. This will not impact how your application is evaluated.
I don’t know whether you’re better off emailing (which would demonstrate that you know what a dangling participle is, but did a bad job proofing) or let it be (since you are undoubtedly only one of 1000s with a dangler). I think I’d let it slide.
Thankfully I put them in the correct schools. But with this sentence error, should I email them with a revised version?
Note also that I am an international and they may be interested to know how proficient I am in English writing.
Your proficiency is truly not at issue here.
Please know that thousands upon thousands of American students with top grades will submit applications with the very same type of sentence structure.
I’d follow the advice in #2 and let it slide. (Are you familiar with that expression, powerman?)
Waiting2exhale, yes I understand the expression 
My dilemma, however, is the cost of “letting it slide”. I have written at lengths about the humanities and languages programs at both schools, it’s almost ironic that my first sentence is structured horrendously. Sad that I didn’t notice the error prior to submission
@powerman123 You won’t be rejected because of a sentence structure error. Don’t worry about it. As long as you didn’t mix up the school names, you’ll be fine.
The carpenter’s rule is “measure twice, cut once.” I guess the equivalent for college applicants should be “proof five times, submit once.” No one (so far) is recommending that you follow up, but it’s your call (obviously). If you elect to send an email, I guess I would take the approach of “I am embarrassed to have submitted less than my best work, and it has been an object lesson in the need for careful review.” I’d still probably let it slide. Best of luck, ATS
Agree, at this point you have to let it be. They read thousands and there’s no good way to draw attention to this.
Thank you so much everone! I needed some validation especially after working through the entire application season for hours and hours in a row. Initially I had another sentence in place, but last night while submitting, I adjusted it a bit for fitting according to the word limit. There I messed it up. I guess there’s no looking back; will leave it to luck and fortune now.
Wish me good luck!