Hey guys so this issue has been giving me headache for the past day, will one minor grammar mistake in my NYU supplemental essay effect my chances on going to the school?
The sentence “…I would be rather oblivious too” instead of “to”
Please let me know guys!
…Worry about other aspects of your application other than a grammar mistake.
I personally would consider that more of a spelling/typographical error than a grammatical one. Had you put misused the past participle (e.g., I had went) or confused “your”/ “you are” or there / their (as many do), that would be another matter. Presumably, assuming the the rest of the essays are well written, it’s not going to make a difference.
Title is good. But s/b “…affect my chances…” in this post. “Oblivious too” looks like a typographical error (held the “o” key down too long, and it double printed). No one will hold that against you.
Read this: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do-p1.html
Chill
@ItsJustSchool - OP was correct, grammatically speaking. He wrote “… its effect on my chances.” In that instance, effect is a noun and is used correctly. In “How will it affect…?,” affect is a verb.
If you affect something, you will have an effect on it.
If you effect something, you make it happen.
@LoveTheBard, yes OP was correct in his/her title. I said in post #3 “Title is good.” The title uses “effect” correctly.
However, in OP’s post, s/he said:
“…will one minor grammar mistake in my NYU supplemental essay effect my chances on going to the school?”
which might be better rendered (i.e. “should be ‘…affect my chances…’ in this post”):
“…will one minor grammar mistake in my NYU supplemental essay affect my chances of going to the school?”
I did not mention the preference for “…of going…” over “…on going…” in my original reply (post #3).
This was my point. Perhaps it was rendered too compactly for you in post #3?
Quite so. I stand corrected. I hadn’t seen the error in the body of the message and read your comment too quickly.
Is it that strict to apply on NYU? I mean there are a lot of aspects of application right? would administrators be focusing on a grammar error?
If in your essay you had been referring to someone else who is oblivious and were stating that under similar circumstances you would be oblivious also, then you have not made a mistake at all.
If this was not the case, then you are still fine, as the slight error will have added nothing worse than an authentic element of human imperfection to your essay. Good luck.