<p>I just submitted my essay through the common app and found a verb tense error. I cant fix it for the other schools that I'm applying to because the common app finalized my application. How much will this affect me?</p>
<p>eh not too much if it’s minor. I had one small typo and it didn’t hurt me, at least for one out of my two early schools.</p>
<p>It really shouldn’t be that big a deal, unless there’s some other dealbreaker in your app.
I saw after submitting to my first-choice that I had forgotten a period, but that didn’t affect me. </p>
<p>You should be okay.</p>