I forgot to change a word to lower-case!

College Essays
1

<p>I added something to the beginning of a sentence to improve transition, but I forgot to make the next word's first letter lower case.</p>

<p>Do you think this will kill me at a competitive school?</p>

2

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Ah well.</p>

<p>

Nope.</p>

3

<p>I didn’t mean kill but, hmmm, how about weaken, and if so, how much?</p>

4

<p>College admissions officers often say that anyone can make a small mistake or two (students often point them out in their websites). It’s the essay riddled with mistakes that draws negative attention.</p>

5

<p>Many errors may suggest incompetence, but can’t the presence of even one suggest inattentiveness or other undesirable traits?</p>

6

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You’re over-thinking it. A missed keystroke won’t hurt you.</p>

<p>“Hey John, should we accept this kid? He’s borderline with an essay error.”</p>

<p>“Why the hell should we? There are a dozen kids with his stats and no errors!”</p>

<p>Is as likely as</p>

<p>“Hey John, should we accept this kid? He’s borderline with a 98 in Biology.”</p>

<p>“Why the hell should we? There are a dozen kids with his stats and a 99 in Biology!”</p>

7

<p>Dude. Chill out; there’s nothing you can do about it and I doubt anyone cares.</p>

8

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Very good analogy</p>