<p>So I today I submitted my application to the UW, and afterwards I realized I had made some mistakes. First of all, on the section where I had to briefly explain my extra-curricular activities, I had missed the part that said that the suggested length was between 100 and 200 words. All of my explanations were around 50. In addition, on the same section, I had miss spelt the words "performed" and "forum". </p>
<p>This is the only section where I made such mistakes; both my personal statement and short anwer have been well proof-read and are within the suggested length. </p>
<p>So, have I ruined my chances off getting accepted into this school and is there any way for me to fix my application?</p>
<p>Remember that “suggested” is not the same thing as “required”. I am applying as well and I often have trouble meeting the word count because I feel I have said all I need to say. I don’t know if admissions would let you fix your application. But good luck.</p>
<p>Same thing happened to my son. Any help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Honestly, email your admissions counselor (does UW have these?) or the admissions office. I forgot to add an extra curricular to my Gonzaga University app, and while I was really embarrassed, I emailed the admissions counselor and he added the EC to my application.</p>
<p>Best thing to do is email them. Be honest, and explain your situation. Just because they’re a top university doesn’t mean they’re not nice people. They’ve been really kind the last few emails I’ve exchanged with them.</p>
<p>50 or 200 words, I think they’ll still get a sense of who you are. I don’t think I filled the word count on all but maybe one.</p>
<p>@maddyg1958: I was on the UW site today and in the FAQ section, it said information that an applicant makes mistakes on can not be changed. sorry.</p>