I misspelled a word on CORNELL supplement essay!!! help.....

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Instead of "allows" I put "allow" and I just realized it. Is not it terrible? will they pay a lot of attention to it? uhhhhh... anyone with similar experiences. I feel really bad about it.</p>

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<p>good luck at stanford then....</p>

<p>anyway, please do a forum search, there have been a few threads about this.</p>

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<p>Spelling is more important than the SAT and GPA combined.</p>

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<p>Consider yourself auto-rejected.</p>

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<p>I did not misspell it on stanford ones so dont worry. But.. is one word really that bad?</p>

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<p>Yes. It is probably the worst thing in the world ever. I'd rather get an 800 out of 2400 on my SAT then misspell one word.</p>

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<p>... You guys are funny... Calm down.</p>

<p>I spelled "sun screen" as "sun scream" on my application and I didn't get rejected. Chillax!</p>

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<p>You can reassure him all you want Yoda but it's true, a misspelling, especially at an ivy, means carelessness and lack of concern.</p>

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<p>Well I was in ESL, so my essays sound genuine. :D</p>

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<p>I don't know what ESL means</p>

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<p>... =.=</p>

<p>English as Second Language...</p>

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<p>oh so you have an excuse.
what does ...=.= mean?</p>

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<p>=.= is just(i am pretty sure) a face thingy.lol</p>

<p>btw- i was an esl student back in 9th grade. we rock!lol</p>

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<p>Well that face thing doesn't make any sense.</p>

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<p>omg. I loled so hard and think I just peed in my pants a lil</p>

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<p>UZZhan that's disgusting. You should clean yoself up. Do you think colleges want a kid with poor motor functions? This could really hurt your chances.</p>

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<p>no sir! I'm gonna go take a shower right now, and then send a picture of myself all cleaned up to harvard, and just wait for my acceptance letter. :p</p>

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<p>Smart thinking! I wish I did that when it happened to me and I was applying. I think it really hurt my chances.</p>

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<p>It's not too late!
If you take a bubble bath, and go to CVS where they have 24/7 photo printing, you can get the picture to the post office tomorrow before the Jan 1st deadline.
HURRY HURRY HURRY!</p>

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<p>calm down UZZhan. You've taken things too far now.</p>