<p>Okay so in one of my essays I mention a quotation, and it's "they can because they think they can" but, i accidentally said it was Voltaire instead of Virgil....I CANT BELIEVE I MIXED THEM UP! @#$%!!! Now Im flipping out. My stats like GPA and SATS are good enough for berkeley (my 1st choice) but now i think i might not get in because i mis-attributed a quote 8( help meeeee</p>
<p>emilyanne93
There are only 2 things you could do:
- Contact the school and try to correct it. - This would be a drastic move and maybe not helpful?
- Do nothing and enjoy the rest of your day? There are many other good schools you can apply to, and I doubt Berkeley would hold this 1 thing against you if everything else in your app looks good?<br>
We all make silly mistakes, and some mistakes work out for the better, even though we may not think so immediately after the event. Hope this helps!
Good LucK!</p>
<p>There’s a difference between an honest mistake and carelessness. I would think that colleges don’t like to see a student didn’t devote time into an essay (numerous spelling and grammatical mistakes, lack of coherence, paragraph order, etc), but there is no reason for them to hold a grudge because of an honest mistake.</p>
<p>While colleges probably can appraise writing ability through the essays they read, they are looking for content more than anything. They want to know the answer to the question they ask in the prompt because they wan’t more information about you. If you provided that information - it doesn’t matter who said the quote you used.</p>
<p>Hopefully this provided the reassurance you were searching for.</p>
<p>Hopefully, the reader(s) won’t know either.</p>
<p>Look, I’m reading the guy (Virgil) and I wouldn’t know.</p>
<p>I doubt your adcoms are classics/intellectual european history majors who memorized every quote attributed to either voltaire or virgil. Don’t stress it, and good luck! :)</p>