@jombie–You should notify the CSU’s about your schedule change, explaining that the chem course vaporized after you’d listed that you planned to take it. This will not work against you in any way if you let the admission officials know about the change in your schedule … and why you made it.
At the same time, you can also report the good news about your improved GPA.
Thank you!
Hi, I just have one error. On my transcript for my application to the University of Washington I accidentally put Geometry in both the math and English section for the middle school portion of my transcript. Is that something that needs fixing or will the admissions counselors know I just meant to put the geometry under math and not English. Plus since it is not high school will it have a big affect if I don’t email the admissions? I’m not sure admissions will even respond since they get 30,000+ applications every year.
Thank you in advance!
@jackie223 -You can let this one go for sure. 
Thank you! I wasn’t sure because of the nature of how UW doesn’t look at official transcripts, similar to UC. But I will not worry about it anymore.
@jackie223 -Usually I’m a stickler for transcript accuracy, but it’s not like you omitted a class or put down the wrong one. This minor error really won’t affect anything so I say to let it go. If you have any reason to email the school about something ELSE in the near future, you can mention it. But it’s not worth a separate email.
Thank you again!
@jackie223-You’re very welcome … and good luck.
Hi, My daughter submitted her application to two very competitive colleges (Stanford, USC(engineering)) yesterday. She just realized that she forgot to delete the 3 low SAT subject test scores that she did not want to report since SAT subject tests are optional for these schools (the 3 very low SAT subject test scores were in the common app because the previous school requires all test scores). She was going to only report Math 2 800, Chemistry 760, United States History 800, but she also reported Math 2 770, Math 2 730, Literature 680, so there were 6 subject tests scores on the common app by mistake. And the official SAT subject test scores sent by college board only includes the 3 subjects: Math 2 800, Chemistry 760, United States History 800 because of score choice.
She really does not want to show the three low scores to colleges and was very very concerned that this might negatively affect her application. Should she contact the schools for correction? If yes, should she call first then email? Since she submitted the application yesterday, should she call today or Monday? or wait till colleges download the application to their systems, ex: she receives confirmation from colleges about her application??
Thank you
@rfvujn -Your daughter needs to relax and not worry. It’s okay that she included those lower Subject Test scores, even if she didn’t mean to. The colleges will officially “use” her highest scores, and the others won’t hurt her. Granted, it may look a tad obsessive that she took the Math 2 three times, especially after getting a 770. But it will look far MORE obsessive if she contacts admission offices to try to make a correction.
I promise you that submitting these extra scores will not affect your daughter’s admission outcomes. I wish her all the best, but if she is among the 95 students out of every 100 who apply to Stanford and are turned away, it will NOT be because of this minor oversight.
Thank you so much for your prompt reply. It really helps. She is especially concerned about her SAT literature score being 680. She did not have time to study at that time. Since she only took it once, will colleges use this score? (though she got 5 on AP Language and Composition) But her official score report from college board did not include SAT literature. it only includes the 3 high scores thru score choice. Would it be a problem? Sorry to bother you again. Thank you very much.
@rfvujn -Nope, the Lit score is not a problem. Colleges focus on the highest scores only, and–even so–a 680 is very respectable, especially when an applicant is aiming for engineering and also has a 5 on AP Language and Comp. It is also not a problem that your daughter’s official score report only includes her highest scores and not all of the scores she put on her Common App. In fact, including EVERY score on the Common App might actually be a tiny plus because it shows that your daughter is being forthcoming about all the tests she took.
But, as I said above, the fact that your daughter put all of her tests on the Common App but only sent her three best scores from the College Board will not have a negative impact on her decisions. Any bad news she might get will not be related to this.
There are many things in this crazy process to worry about, but this is not one of them!
@Sally_Rubenstone I forgot to list one/two courses on my senior year second semester schedule. If I notify them, will that hurt my chances? I kinda just made a silly mistake and forgot my second semester electives 
@deadroses - No big deal. Just email the college/s. This won’t hurt you.
@Sally_Rubenstone Thank you! I was also wondering about whether I should send in my SAT 2 Literature? It’s rather low because my schedule only let me take AP Lit senior year, but I’m sure it would’ve helped if it was junior year. I got a 690 but I want to major in linguistics, so I’m afraid it’ll hurt me. If it helps, I got a 35 English on the ACT and a 5 on AP Lang and Composition. It’s just that I’m afraid I’ll be held to different standards as a linguistics major.
Hi @Sally_Rubenstone I sent in my UC application and realized I made a BUNCH of mistakes…For example, where it indicated to put hours, I put hours/week, I accidentally put AP US History as a test that i took and got a 5 on when I didn’t even take the test, I marked a course a non a-g requirement when it actually is an a-g requirement, and the parental information (occupation, income, name, etc.) is blank. I think I accidentally submitted an unsaved/weird version of my app or something and I’m afraid they will mistake my carelessness for lack of interest in the school. Should I just email them with a list of all my mistakes?
@deadroses–A 690 is nothing to sneeze at and, in many cases, I’d recommend sending the score. But I really can’t responsibly respond to your query without knowing more about you, about your other test scores, and the list of colleges where you’re applying and their requirements. For instance, if the SAT 2 Lit score is your ONLY Subject Test score, then it’s not worth sending it, in my opinion. But if you’ve taken several others and scored well in those, then adding a quite solid (although not stupendous) Lit score might help to round out your overall profile and certainly won’t hurt you.
@banana72 -Given that you have so many errors and that you think you may have submitted an old version of your application, you can write to the college/s to correct your mistakes. The most significant one is the AP US History test snafu–though I must wonder how you could make that sort of mistake on even an unsaved version unless you meant to choose ANOTHER subject where you got that 5 but selected history accidentally. In any case, you can explain to the college folks what you’ve told us here, but also apologize for taking their extra time. But–before you do this–look over your application extra carefully at least one more time to make sure that there aren’t additional errors or omissions that you missed.
Alright thanks! Yah I tookAP US Government/Politics but accidentally put US History…
I’m just worried that since UC schools get so many applications that they won’t actually take individual emails into consideration
One of my activities is my internship at a local nonprofit organization. On my Common App, the title looks like this: “Organization Name: Intern, Volunteer.” In the description I list what I have done for the organization, but nowhere in the description is it evident what the organization does. All the admission officers will be able to tell is that I have developed a website, worked on social media, and will represent the organization at the United Nations in March.
It is impossible to tell that the organization strives to eliminate poverty based on the description that I provided. To find this information out, the officer would have to search up the organization on Google.
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