IS THIS APPROPRIATE???

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>I submitted my Common Application yesterday to Columbia ED. However, I noticed that on the writing supplement PDF, a portion of the text to my "Why Columbia" essay was chopped off by the Common App footer. I thought it was my dinosaur of a computer acting up, so I sent in the application anyway. However, I did some research, and apparently this is a known glitch of the Common App system. CA support said that I could not do anything about it after submission!!!</p>

<p>I decided to email my essay to <a href="mailto:ugrad-confirm@columbia.edu">ugrad-confirm@columbia.edu</a>, along with a mini explanation of what happened. Was this the right action to take???? I just think that my application should not be ruined -- it's the CA's own fault!!</p>

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<p>Yes., if that is the correct email address. I would have sent it to admissions. Explain that the pdf did not look right when you reviewed what had been sent, and that you wanted to be sure that they had a ‘clean’ copy on hand to review, if it came out garbled on their end, too. Especially doing it before the ED deadline. That was a good idea. No one would feel that is inappropriate.</p>