<p>SO in total, i have three grammatical errors in my common application.
None of them are in my essay, but two are in my extra curricular section. where it says to elaborate one one activity..I wrote
Tutoring has is a great experience. I have learn a lot from tutoring ESL kids.
I know...pretty lame. I'm really worried they're going to see this as being careless.
Also, on one of my activities
I wrote,
'As head of costume and make-up, organize and approve costumes for the actors' I forgot to put the word 'I'.
I sent this out to Northeastern....Will this lessen my chance of getting in drastically?
VERY worried!!
Oh, and to make matters worse, I wrote 'Student council - The student council helps the school' when it says to give a brief explanation of the activity if needed.</p>
<p>If a school bases their decision on grammar errors in your application, then the school isnt right for anyone. Im sure they know people are stressed and are working very hard. Dont worry, I doubt it would mean anything in the review process (and if it did, why would you even wanna go there!)</p>
<p>Honestly, to have one mistake might not affect your chances, but having several… It depends. On a personal note, my mom throws out any applications she gets that have grammar mistakes in them; she says it reflects a “lack of attention to detail.” Although I personally agree with her, I’m not saying you deserve to be rejected solely on the basis of a couple grammatical errors. I have no idea how strong your application is, but for mistakes as obvious as those, it might affect you if you’re “on the bubble.”</p>
<p>Can’t do anything now, so no need to stress over it.</p>
<p>Chances are, if you’re rejected there will be other factors that more heavily contributed to your rejection. My guess is that you won’t be rejected on those errors alone.</p>
<p>^If I were in your mom’s situation I wouldn’t necessarily blindly throw them out but it would certainly influence my decision. Generally I agree that it reflects a lack of attention to detail.</p>
<p>^Yeah that’s what I meant; although she may not necessarily “blindly throw them out,” it certainly affects her decision.</p>