<p>Hi,
In reading my application over again, I noticed some pretty bad spelling errors. In my Barnard supplemental essay, I spelled professor wrong- (professer) three times. I am dyslexic, and I did proofread this essay multiple times without noticing any error. (There is no spellcheck in Common App.)
Also, I realized that I wrote women where I was supposed to write woman in my Common App essay…
Barnard is my top choice, and I know that this is probably a huge disservice to me and my chances of getting in. Is this going to completely ruin my chances? Is it okay to make spelling errors in my application, and do I still have a chance? </p>
<p>You’ll only get speculation – it might hurt you, it might not. However, a way to avoid this in the future is to compose your documents such as this in MSWord or something that DOES have spellcheck – and then to cut & paste the corrected document to the final document window. A person with your disability needs to do this ALL the time. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>Many errors may make think the admissions folks that you didn’t put enough time and effort in your application, particularly if they are unaware of your dyslexia, but a few small errors are likely to go unnoticed. You can contact your admissions officer (<a href=“http://barnard.edu/admissions/contact-us”>http://barnard.edu/admissions/contact-us</a>) to make a correction if there is a large problem (a major activity/award wasn’t mentioned, half an essay wasn’t uploaded, etc.), but you should only do this once, and only if it is a large error or if you need to provide them with more background information.</p>
<p>I would email the admissions officer if you’re worried. Let them know your situation. </p>