<p>Granted, this was in the commonapp portion, but</p>
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<p>I get a deep sense of excitement when Im gathering information for a new story </p>
<p>I accidentally omitted the "a". X__X please tell me i didn't shoot myself in the foot? </p>
<p>and yes I am OCD about this, cause I wanna be a wildcat D: Thanks though!</p>
<p>If you aren’t accepted, I don’t think this will be the reason.</p>
<p>When I visited NU, they told us that they have had people put “…and this is why I want to go to Duke/Princeton” instead of “…and this is why I want to go to NU” in their “Why NU” essays, and even that isn’t an automatic rejection. So omitting one little word shouldn’t be a death sentence. :)</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>One little typo (or even a few) probably wouldn’t sway the decision one way or another so chill.</p>
<p>putting “Duke” instead of “NU” in the “Why NU” essay might not be an automatic reject but from what I’ve heard it’s tough to overcome an error like that.</p>
<p>Leaving out the “a” is of a whole different magnitude. I would just forget about it.</p>
<p>Think of it this way: If you’re borderline enough to be rejected because you left out one word, you were also borderline enough to be rejected because an admissions officer read your app while drinking the worst coffee he’s had all week, or because he’s just not a morning person or for one of any number of other trivial, circumstantial reasons. And if you’re not borderline, an ‘a’ should not and will not affect your decision. Unless of course you missed the ‘a’ in a line that reads something like, “I am a meticulous person who checks every sentence of every piece I ever write.”</p>
<p>Agree with everyone else here. I had a typo on my resume (‘Wining’ instead of ‘Winning’), as well as my Why NU essay (something like “detached” turned into “degbacht”…something totally bizarre) and still got in ED. Your missing “a” won’t have any impact, I’m sure. =P</p>
<p>They have typoes on there own website. Your fine!</p>