OMG! I f***** up

frazzled1
Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:29:49 +0000

I imagine coureur was being facetious. Mistakes happen and I’m sure the adcoms have seen them all, so repeating a phrase isn’t all that big a deal. When the OP proofed the essay, he/she saw the sentence as it was intended to be read; maybe the adcom will do the same.

Many weeks after my oldest daughter submitted one application, she noticed that she had used the phrase “recently decreased” instead of “recently deceased.” (Darn that spellcheck!) We had to laugh about it and still do occasionally. She was waitlisted at that particular school, btw, but it’s mega-selective and we never thought the typo was responsible.