how big of a deal is it to have one grammar mistake?

College Essays
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<p>in one of my essays, because i had to rush to meet the 11 59 deadline</p>

<p>i wrote "couldve had wouldve allow it"</p>

<p>instead of "couldve had wouldve allowed it"</p>

<p>in my defense, thats probably one of the hardest phrases to use... but yea thats a mistake</p>

<p>also in that essay, i forgot to decapitalize one of the words</p>

<p>like so: "However, When..."</p>

<p>in a seperate supplement, i accidentally inserted a comma to where there shouldnt be a comma because i deleted the descriptive clause in between</p>

<p>in yet another supplement, i only included one c in "success"</p>

<p>do u think any of these will kill my chances, or otherwise detract from a great essay experience(for the reader)</p>

<p>do you think its possible to call the college and say hey I made a grammar mistake can you delete this for me
sounds like a bit of a stretch but who knows</p>

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<p>don’t call the college and ask them to fix it! that will just draw attention to your mistake. maybe they won’t even notice it. they are reading your essay pretty quickly, considering how many people apply every year, no matter which college. </p>

<p>but if you have a lot of mistakes, it may count against you.</p>

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<p>so is the converse also true</p>

<p>that if you only have one mistake
it wont count against you</p>

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<p>You have a skewed way of thinking if you believe that such minor mistakes will “kill your chances.” Nice rhyming, btw.</p>

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<p>what kind of stupid asss question is THAT?</p>

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<p>Yes. Your application is definitely going to be placed in the “do not consider” pile.</p>

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<p>lmao…</p>