<p>In regards to the typo = auto reject at Harvard, I googled with the constraint that all results be from Harvard’s website, and could only find that Harvard advised its law students to be careful about typos on their job applications but, even there, Harvard said people would probably be understanding.
As for college apps, Harvard said nothing, but I’d assume its thoughts are similar to other top colleges. One of the few perspectives I could find was MIT’s:</p>
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