So I just submitted the Common App to a school and only after did I realize that I accidentally selected an ethnicity I am not from for the question: “Regardless of your answer to the prior question, please indicate how you identify yourself.” (i.e. I put both X and Y, when I am really only X).
I am going to send the school an email once I get a confirmation message and my submission details/reference number, if I do not have the option to confirm it with the school. I know that the Common App says this is entirely optional, but will this error affect the admissions decision? I feel so stupid rn.