Typo on my essay.....is it glaring?

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>The title says all.</p>

<p>Here it is:</p>

<p>In an McLean Youth Orchestra chamber concert last February, Joey, a ten-year-old genius solo violinist, played Zigeunerweisen. It is a difficult piece even for grown-ups, yet he played so effortlessly. His bow danced on the strings. This reminded me that true brilliance comes out with enjoyment, not drive for success.</p>

<p>What makes me mad is that I DIDN’T do this last minute. I spent so much time editing it, and in that process, changed one thing without changing another.</p>

<p>Can you guys find the typo? :slight_smile: (I’m leaving it for y’all’s guess for now haha)</p>

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<p>Pretty glaring and makes the rest of the essay sound a bit awkward. </p>

<p>“an Mclean” → “a Mclean”</p>

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<p>yup you’re right! haha i can’t tell if you’re sarcastic or not</p>

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<p>It is obvious; they will see it. I hope the res of your app stands out so they can ignore it.</p>

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<p>I’ll take everything as sarcasm for my part of annoyingly posting this on CC ;)</p>

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<p>I’m not being sarcastic, it kind of throws off the flow of the essay. I spent the rest of the time reading the essay looking for other grammar mistakes rather than focusing on the content as much.</p>

<p>Hopefully they’ll gloss over it in a rush</p>

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<p>Wait are you serious… :(</p>

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<p>completely</p>

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<p>haha ■■■■■ whatever if I get rejected for a typo, then I shouldn’t be going there anyway :)</p>

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<p>Why did you post it if you didnt want someone’s honest opinion?</p>

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<p>well, I was thinking of this to be more humor-related, just laughing at my mistake…I didn’t expect pp to give devilish criticisms. like there’s nothing I can’t do about the mistake, why would I be asking for opinions…</p>

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<p>You’re fine. </p>

<p>I had a typo in one of my essays (“who” instead of “whom”) and was admitted last year. They’ll overlook minor errors like that. They care far more about getting to know you as a human being than about making a big deal about typos. </p>

<p>If you get rejected, it won’t be because of your typo.</p>

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<p>Honestly man, it doesn’t look great, but if the rest of your app is Stanford worthy, a single letter won’t keep you out.</p>

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<p>Seriously though why ask expecting a humorous response and then get defensive someone says they’re being serious? I don’t think the typo is a huge deal, but cmon Absoluteness.</p>

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<p>yeah sorry guys I got defensive and immature because I was scared of being rejected because of a stupid mistake and y’all were honestly and completely freaking me out. :)</p>

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<p>i feel you bro i found a pronoun reference error in mine and i couldn’t stop looking at it
tbh i didn’t even see your mistake, don’t worry</p>

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<p>I think after you hit the submit button it is time to go outside and throw a frisbee or something. No use second guessing yourself and freaking yourself out.</p>