Interview mistake

Applying to College
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<p>So I had a college interview this Saturday, and it was going pretty well. I had a pretty nice conversation with the regional admissions officer of one of my top schools. However, towards the end of the interview, I feel like I made a pretty big mistake. I was asking questions, and I said, "Is there any interest on bringing Arabic to Bowdoin?". Unfortunately this was not a Bowdoin interview. At the time, my interviewer's reaction made me feel at ease; she just laughed and said, "Do you mean Reed?", and then I laughed it off too and apologized. Now that I've thought about it more, I feel like my slip-up may have been more significant than it first seemed.</p>

<p>Do you guys think this is actually that significant or am I worrying about nothing? It was so odd because Reed is actually my top choice school, but I've asked the same question in regards to Bowdoin before, so I must have just slipped.</p>

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<p>Not significant. Relax. Happens all the time.</p>

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<p>Seems like a non-issue to me. Everybody makes speech errors once in a while.</p>

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<p>I think it’d be very mature of you to make a joke of this slip in your thank you note. (Like you hope you don’t call your husband’s name your brother’s name).</p>

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<p>This story will make you feel better:
I got the contact information for my Georgetown interviewer and the name was Shawn xxxxx (shouldn’t say probably).</p>

<p>I emailed them saying “Ms. xxxxx”</p>

<p>Wrong gender.</p>