<p>Well the unthinkable just happened to me. I just noticed a typo on my personal statement. I don't know why I even bothered to look over it again but I did, and now im ****ed off. Give to me straight, how bad is a typo on the application?</p>
<p>Sorry, didn't know I couldn't write "pi***ed off". What I meant to say is that I am rather upset at myself for letting something like this happen.</p>
<p>I had at least 3-5 typos. AND i'm a communications major, ok. I was nervous, I have otherwise good speech and spelling and just typing it up freaked me out and checking that everything ELSE was fine freaked me out. I'm sure/hoping that admissions realizes we're all human and make silly mistakes. It should not obscure the messages of your essay, anyhow. Don't beat yourself up... for too long. lol. If it makes you feel better I'll send you my essay and you can pinpoint exactly where I messed up! :P</p>
<p>Oh man, I also had a big typo and it was right in the last sentence, the one that sticks out the most from memory :(</p>
<p>I looked mine over too a while back and realized I typed a word wrong. The spell check didn't pick it up and neither did I because it is a real word, just not the right one. I hope they get what I meant to say because it's not far off - just the wrong word. I was wondering about that too lately. I'm sure everyone has something. Right?</p>
<p>A typo is technically just a misspelled word, right? (like if I wrote "rhigt" just now instead of "right"...correct?)</p>
<p>Or are we talking about using the wrong word like the common ones: their, there, they're, too, to, definitely, etc?</p>
<p>I think a typo is acceptable, however, using the wrong form of a word might vary depending on the grammar (grammer lol) nazi-ness of the reader.</p>
<p>And to laurenr: No, not everyone has typos or misspellings on their app. ;)</p>
<p>I had a total of 11 people review my personal statements --made sure they were flawless before sending them in.</p>
<p>You guys really should have had them edited before submission, it's surprising how many tiny errors you make without realizing.</p>
<p>Personal statement is about content, not delivery or style, especially since it is limited to 1000 words.</p>
<p>This is how the sentence went. "Stepped onto to the famous yellow footprints." The "to" obviously should not be there. I had people look over my paper and I must of looked it over like a million times before submitting. Have no idea how that was overlooked.</p>
<p>I didn't see the error the first time I read it, maybe the adcoms won't notice it after reviewing applications all day.</p>
<p>Oohrah.</p>
<p>I didn't see the error until you pointed it out either.</p>
<p>It's a psychological thing because we recognize the shape of words and understand it as we see it. Yes, i know - not everyone.</p>
<p>For example, try reading this:</p>
<p>Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?</p>
<p>I saw that from Cambridge quite awhile ago that is pretty crazy. </p>
<p>I also had a random misplaced word and I was super paranoid about it so I called a Berkeley rep and asked if it was going to affect my chances. She very light heartedly said chances are the admissions officers will not even see it and even if they do they are really just looking for the content in the application. But if you have a lot of mistakes in the personal statement and it looks careless I am sure that it could possibly have some bearing on your admissions. But I would not consider anything that anyone has posted earlier excessive mistakes.</p>
<p>Point of interest:</p>
<p>It's not actually from Cambridge, and it's only sometimes true:</p>
<p>Bblaaesl pryleas pnmrrioefg sllaiirmy aeoulltsby dvrseee clbrpmaaoe tteenmrat.</p>
<p>You should write Cambridge and correct them on their findings. I'm sure that will get you into where you want to go!</p>
<p>i wouldnt worry too much, most schools have a high volume of applications so i'm sure the admission officers read the personal statements rly fast and probably dont even notice small errors and it would be pretty ridicilous to base the decision on a grammatical error</p>
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You should write Cambridge and correct them on their findings. I'm sure that will get you into where you want to go!
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<p>I'm surprised at some of the comments on here but anyway, look, fijeeboy, i doubt a school will reject a student with a near perfect or even decent gpa over a couple of silly mistakes. sure the applicant shoulda payed close attention. heck, i even had 3 readers read mine, and my mistakes are easily missed if the person is reading quickly.
however, some people are also under the illusion that a 'perfectly' spelled essay will somehow work wonders for their dismal academic record. wrong. it's about the message and overall structure. goodness forbid a run on sentence.
nobody freak out! lol, seriously.</p>
<p>What did you spell out KGZ?</p>
<p>Bblaaesl pryleas pnmrrioefg sllaiirmy aeoulltsby dvrseee clbrpmaaoe tteenmrat.</p>
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