Screwed up my Why Columbia supplement. Advice?

macburl
Thu, 29 Oct 2015 20:00:04 +0000

In my essay, I spent some time talking about Louise Gluck (poet and alumni) as well as name-dropping William Carlos Williams, Ginsberg, and O’Hara as “alumni” of the university.

Of course, I realized that only Ginsberg had anything to do the school. O’Hara graduated from Harvard, and WCW from Upenn. O’Hara and WCW both resided in New York, but that wasn’t my point in the essay.

Is there anything I should do? (The supplement has already been sent and received.) How big of an error is this, and how much will this hurt my chances? (I’m afraid the admissions guys will think I’m really lazy and didn’t do research on the school.)

Thanks!