Mistake in application - but not your typical.

roadrunner24k
Sat, 07 Jan 2006 11:24:29 +0000

I applied to Duke ED and got rejected, so I applied to WUSTL ED II. Since I used the online common app, I basically copied my Duke app that I had used, completely revised my essays and sent it out. Now the problem:

Even though I checked my app at least twenty times before I sent it out, I had not caught this one HUGE mistake:

I had written “Trinity College of Arts & Sciences” for “Special college or division if applicable.” This is Duke’s arts & sciences college; WUSTL’s does not have a name.

Is this as big as a problem as “blahblabh blah and that is why Duke University is my dream college?”

Would they notice?

Should I contact them right away about the error?

One thing that makes me feel better is that WUSTL has a pre-application data form that all applicants are required to send out, and it’s basically the first page of the common app (where my mistake was) plus a few additional info. This makes me think that they won’t actually look at the first page of my common app and go straight to the second, because it’s pretty meaningless if they already got all the info on the pre-application data sheet.

Thoughts?