<p>After submitting my common app, I noticed that I put "president" for one of my clubs for my school. The thing is, I am sharing the president position with another person in the club. We both weren't thinking and we both put president for the activity. Should it be co-president instead?</p>
<p>I'm shaking and crying at the fact that I did not notice this before. I was focusing too much on my essays that I overlooked my activities part of my application... HOW COULD I BE SO STUPID????</p>
<p>Should I call the colleges I sent my apps to and notify them about this mistake? </p>
<p>No, they don’t care. You are a president, you aren’t lying at all.</p>
<p>Actually, if you both applied to the same schools, you should both notify the college that you are both president. In the past when this has happened, colleges have called the high school to ask who is actually president- it shouldn’t be that big of a deal since neither one of you is lying, but it will cut unnecessary steps on the colleges end.</p>
<p>Take a deep breath.</p>
<p>Your error is quite minor and incredibly benign. Theoretically, you could have put ‘co-president’ on the application, but if you both use the title of ‘President’ then the use of the term within your application is perfectly understandable.</p>
<p>If you both have an overlap in which schools you’re applying to, I would recommend notifying the college as to this situation, so that any confusion on their end disappears.</p>
<p>However, it’s very unlikely that any college would actually call the school to confirm the majority of these positions, and even if they did, they would be informed that you both share the position of ‘President’.</p>
<p>It’s not as if you forged the existence of the club, or gave yourself a leadership position that you never earned. You made an earnest mistake, and I highly doubt any college would think less of you for it. These things happen. I’m sure that colleges are used to it.</p>