Is it okay to fudge this part of my essay?

<p>I talk about how a certain trip affected me negatively and how I plan on approaching it differently the next time I visit. I actually visited the place last summer but this essay (which takes root from a personal essay I had written last year) refers to me visiting the place "next summer". I know it's not too big of a deal but I think it takes away from the tone a bit if I change that into "I visited again last summer."</p>

<p>Do you think it would really matter to the adcoms or somehow affect me negatively in the future? I'm not trying to dupe them or anything, it's just a matter of setting up a better note of finality and mood at the end of the essay.</p>

<p>Imo it is even better to say "The next time I went, here's what I changed". You can actually show the changes you made. If you are speaking about "next summer", then you are talking/speculating about the future. It's more persuasive, imo, to reveal what you've already done rather than what you plan to do.</p>