<p>Not on the application itself, actually. I was going through my resume today (I need to submit to another place) and saw that in the awards section, I had made a mistake. It's probably really minor, but it was a math award from a contest freshman year, and bad cutting and pasting (and carelessness, too, I have to say) made me completely misidentify the name of the award. I guess I kinda had a long science/math award list, and when I was checking it, I didn't bother to re-check the bottom of the list.
Now, should I e-mail/mail MIT admissions correcting the name of the award, or will I look stupid if I do that? It's only regional award, so I guess it was a minor mistake, but should I correct it anyway?</p>
<p>I would not correct it – not a big deal.</p>
<p>Thanks, Molliebatmit…surprisingly, that’s what everyone around me is recommending, too, lol… 
(and laughing at me for being OCD)
They said that if it was something national and I’d made the same mistake, it’d be worse…it was a “special award” for math project at regional fair, so no biggie, I guess.</p>
<p>I would send <a href=“mailto:admissions@mit.edu”>admissions@mit.edu</a> a message telling them about this correction. I have sent them an update and they have been very kind and prompt in responding telling me they have added this to their file.</p>