Mistake(s) on college apps and will they reduce my chances of getting into an ivy?

First mistake: I accidentally put in the wrong date for my IB exams, i put 2023 when it was supposed to be 2024 and then put in my predicted grades in the ‘score section’. But I contacted the colleges and corrected the error, and said the year was supposed to be 2024, not 2023.

Second mistake: I was in my country’s national curriculum during 9th and 10th grade. It is vastly different from any US high schools and we use a 1-10 grading scale which doesn’t translate to GPA. In 11th grade i switched to IB diploma and IB predicted scores also do not translate to GPA. I tried to put in N/A in common app cumulative gpa section but it didn’t let me. So i just put in my gpa that i had 11th and 12th years. I put my GPA scale reporting out of 7 and so if i have 7 7 7 7 and 6 6 in both 11th and 12th years, then my gpa is 6.6/7. I didn’t put the explanation in the additional info section and I didn’t inform the AO’s about this because they will recalculate my gpa anyway, and because I already informed them of my mistake nr 1 and did not want to be a pain in the ass. (If you saw my previous post, you didn’t)

Should I report mistake nr 2 to them or will it seem obsessive? And how bad are those two mistakes and will they stop me from getting in or at least, lower my chances?

P.s i am applying to a few ivy’s and t20s.

I believe you already received advice in Reddit (@skieurope) and your other thread. Has your question changed or your scenario changed?

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I just added the fact that i made several mistakes, and if that would affect me more somehow?

In my opinion, mistakes don’t help. The AO has to spend more time on your app and not in a good way.

On the other hand, I don’t think pointing out these errors helps either. It is what it is now, so just wait to see what happens.

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