<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I am applying as a spring transfer to Cornell, and I just made the age old mistake of reviewing my application after its been submitted. In doing so, I realized that I used the word "it's" instead of"its" not one, but five times in the essay. I emailed Cornell, and they won't accept updated essays. I can't believe I didn't catch this, but what boggles my mind is that this was caught by neither the English professor nor the Senior English major that I had proofread my essay. Do you think I'm doomed, or will the essay readers be reading so fast they won't even notice?</p>
<p>-Trevor</p>
<p>If IT’S just that little typo, you should be fine. My Organizational Communications professor said 3 is the magic number. Always have at least 3 people read your essay. </p>
<p>I’m sure both the English student and professor have been proofreading several essays for college, so they may be burnt out. Maybe try an unlikely source. Sometimes, they have great input. It’s already submitted now so there’s not much you can do, but sit back and wait. Forgetting an apostrophe here and there should not make or break you if you are a strong candidate for Cornell! </p>
<p>GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply…</p>
<p>My concern is that while it is only one typo, I did it five times. Also, I’m concerned that it makes me look like I don’t know the difference between the two words. I’m hoping that since the multiple individuals that proofread my essay didn’t catch it, the same will be true for the adcoms that have many more essays to read. I feel like I’m a strong candidate. My essays were strong overall, my recs were excellent, gpa is 3.93 with 65 credits. I only have a handful of ec’s, but I was very involved in the ones I engaged in. However, I come from a community college, so I feel that I have a little more to prove.</p>
<p>It’s so funny.</p>
<p>I just received an email from MBAmission (this organization that does MBA admissions consulting) and this is what they said verbatim…</p>
<p>“As admissions consultants, we know firsthand the intense pressure candidates feel, and we sometimes wish we could convince you that small points are really just … small points. We get asked, “Should this be a comma or a semicolon?” and want to respond, “Please trust us that the admissions committee will not say, ‘Oh, I would have accepted this applicant if she had used a comma here, but she chose a semicolon, so DING!’” That said, we are certainly not telling you to ignore the small things—the overall impression your application makes will depend in part on your attention to typos, font consistency and grammar, for example—but we are encouraging you to make smart and reasonable decisions and move on. You can be confident that your judgment on such topics will likely be sufficient.”</p>
<p>So don’t sweat the small stuff. If they turn you down because of a few punctuation errors, then what will the academic environment be like once you get there? May be a sign that you shouldn’t be at that school. </p>
<p>I know what you mean about having to prove yourself. I will be applying to MBA programs next year, and I will have about 1 year 8 months of post grad experience while others will have 5+ years. 
PRESSURE is on! but, again they look at you as a whole so I’m not too worried about it!</p>
<p>The daughter of a friend did this (in fact she submitted the essay before it was ready), and she is a junior at Vassar, A student, premed, all-expenses-paid via Questbridge. Don’t worry, be happy.</p>
<p>dont sweat it, a few mistakes is np</p>