<p>I recently discovered a glaring usage error in my Common App essay, but unfortunately, my applications were sent off around a month ago. Would it be possible for me to submit a revised version? Is this generally acceptable?</p>
<p>I still don't see how the error went unnoticed after being proof-read by FOUR different people!...I'm in a mixed state of anger, apathy, and despair...(It was a pretty big error.)</p>
<p>What was the error? :)</p>
<p>Does anyone know the right course of action? Has anyone found his or herself in a similar situation? I feel as though I need to react as soon as possible if I am to minimize the damage (if that's even possible).</p>
<p>Call the admissions office for each college and ask if they will accept a revised essay and go from there. But seriously, if the error isn't that bad, esp since 4 people didn't catch it, then don't worry about it.</p>
<p>What about sending an "updated" essay (more than just a typo was changed)? Or what about an additional essay?</p>
<p>I understand you. I'm in the same situation. Actually, I feel bad for not noticing my mistakes (you know, when you've though so much about the essay, so much that you start to get over it...). Not only mistakes, but also some words & details that aren't the "right" ones (but you only realize it after "forgetting" you essay).</p>
<p>Any advice?</p>
<p>omg...
there actually is a way of sending in an alternate common application, under the same username.</p>
<p>go to this link:
<a href="https://app.commonapp.org/application/applicantlogin.aspx?allowcopy=true%5B/url%5D">https://app.commonapp.org/application/applicantlogin.aspx?allowcopy=true</a></p>
<p>I never realized it till now, and i have already submitted all my apps...damn it...
I submitted mine for early action, and i didn't realize you can send in alternate versions...so i ended up sending the same one to all schools. Otherwise, i would have made some changes here and there...</p>
<p>it allows you to replicate the original, minus the main essay.
make sure you choose the correct version when sending in sup.'s though.</p>
<p>I found it googling...and it led to the Common app Technical Assistance site.</p>
<p>Contacting the colleges merely draws attention to an error that is obviously easy to miss. Don't worry about it. And admissions counselors are human; they understand minor errors. They're not looking for perfection. And with the thousands of essays they read, they probably won't even notice.</p>
<p>Don't send another essay; that's the last thing they need. And if they've already read your file, it won't help anyway.</p>
<p>nim, the "alternative version" of the Common App wasn't available for ED/EA applicants this year. It only became available later.</p>