<p>^ is it a common app essay or a supplement specific essay (something like why villanova or something specifically related to villanova?</p>
<p>If its just a common app essay you should be ok.</p>
<p>If its a school-specfic essay, you’re slightly screwed.</p>
<p>for common app essay.</p>
<p>Stop worrying. It really isn’t a big deal.</p>
<p>Ok then. But i didn’t apply to JUST Villanova I applied to its Bs/MD program, which might be a bit different no? </p>
<p>I’ll call the regional rep tomorrow just in case.</p>
<p>It’ll be fine. Calling may be a good idea for your own peace of mind. Hearing from them that it’s not a big deal will help to ease your fear.</p>
<p>^worth a try right? A call at least shows that you care.</p>
<p>It happens every single year at every single school…a lot. I would call the regional rep as suggested. To make you feel better, I read a great piece in the WSJ or NYT, can’t remember which right now, that talked about big goofs…this wasn’t even close. One that made me laugh was on a section of ‘why school xyz’ as a place holder a student had written ‘add stuff from viewbook blah, blah, blah’ and neglected to swap that out with an actual answer. Now that’s pretty bad!</p>
<p>You made the Nov 1st deadline…still send them a new essay. It’s not like they’ve already read them all.</p>
<p>I can understand your concern. You’re worried that V is going to think that Duke is your first choice and V is your backup.</p>
<p>but…if you’re still going to be freaked out by this, apply to some other BS/MD programs.</p>
<p>Since you are so depressed already, ready this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do.html?highlight=clam+fart[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do.html?highlight=clam+fart</a></p>
<p>OP got into Yale. Hope you get few chuckles out this.</p>
<p>Thanks for reminding me oldfort!! (With tears of laughter rolling) OP, I think all schools get random goofs of varying degrees every day. No offense, but yours is of the boring variety…which is kind of good because it won’t really offend anyone. The key lies in what you do from here, how you follow up. That will be what they remember, not the goof.</p>
<p>lol well you’ll get into villanova.
I doubt you’ll get into the bs/md program there. Either way, with a 3.9 you dont stand a guaranteed chance, and nobodies app is “strong” perse in applications to these programs. The fact that you put the wrong school shows that you did the application at the last minute and dont care enough to proofread. Remember that people turn down ivies for these programs, and you’re competing with a lot of other people with stellar EC’s and stats.
Im sure you’ll get into villanova though!</p>
<p>^ Give me a break. If the OP doesn’t get in it probably won’t be because of the blip in the essay. People make mistakes. My son had to send all of his LORs via snail mail (or his teachers sent them). This required him to print them out and fill in the admin information including checking the waiver. On one he forgot his signature. He realized it, contacted the school and they explained what to do. If he doesn’t get accepted it will NOT be because he forgot to sign the waiver on a hard copy of a LOR. It was a mistake, a clerical error that should have been caught in a mass of paperwork. Crap happens.</p>
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<p>Mind your 138 posts but i have been lurking this board enough to realize the importance of rank (top 1%) vs GPA (3.9+). The rank outweighs GPA in almost every case.</p>
<p>I’ll post my decisions once i get to that point.</p>
<p>And who does stand a guaranteed chance?
It’s like saying who stands a guaranteed chance at Yale (some BS/MD programs have lower % acceptance rates than Yale’s)?</p>
<p>No one. Thus, your statement, instead of criticizing me specifically, kind of is a blanket statement that applies to everybody. If there was something against me, then you should point it out, however that is not possible given the quantity of stats i have provided you.</p>
<p>A couple of years ago at an admissions session at Villanova, I recall the director of admissions describing just that mistake. So you won’t even be the first one to mention a different school on the Villanova app. Good advice above to contact the regional rep. We have found all staff at Villanova to be very accessible and helpful.</p>
<p>Please don’t tell people they won’t get in based on gpa (which is meaningless unless you know the context). I think we all understand that a 4.0 at one school can be the same as a 3.3 at another. For example…my son’s public high school always has a lot of kids with high gpa’s, but people just cannot get into good schools. His prep school…a 3.1 will get you into Villanova (my older son)…and that is the 40% of the class (average gpa at the school is 2.8…grade deflation and now weighting of classes so even gpa graphs don’t tell much). A small error like you made will not hurt your app. My goodness, the schools are not naive enough to think that students aren’t having to get a ton of apps ready for backup if you don’t get in on ED.</p>
<p>Just send Villanova’s Suplement asap and ask them disregard the Duke’s. They don’t have time to read your Duke essay. It is understandable as you already chose Villanova over Duke.</p>
<p>All right, all right, I take the sentence "I doubt you’ll get into the bs/md program there. ". The only thing is that the program is probably as competitive as ivies, and a lot of valedictorians DO get rejected. My point was merely that by saying “My stats are above Villanova’s 75%” does not mean that your stats are in the top 75% for the bs md program; they are just as average as the fellow next to you. My point was exactly so: You never had a super strong chance to begin with: nobody does. I apologize if this offended you in any way, but often times the truth does hurt. </p>
<p>Either way, why are you posting this thread if you’ve been “lurking” for so long to already know everything?</p>
<p>I agree with glassesarechic, you should contact them and let them know YOU REALIZED you made a mistake. This looks much better than an admissions officer reading the essay a few weeks from now and rejecting you because of this mistake. Villanova is a school that is often a safety for students applying to Ivies or equivalent (like you are) and are looking for students that do not care to attend their university, just get accepted. Unfortunately, this is what your application looks like to them right now.<br>
Although it would be frustrating, I would write a separate, new Villanova essay and submit it to them. This looks much more professional and might save you being rejected. I know that Lehigh University, which is similarly selective to Villanova, has rejected people who simply put the wrong name, even though their credentials were excellent.<br>
As for the November 1 deadline, colleges mainly care that the apps and supplements are submitted by that time, and since it is only a week later you may be able to switch the essay, which I am assuming was part of their supplement. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>