Mistakes in UChicago essay-- do i still have a chance?

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<li><p>I used a negative word, which i thought had positive indications, to describe the kind of person i hope to become at UChicago. It's like using "naive" in the place of "innocent".</p></li>
<li><p>I omitted the subject of a sentence.</p></li>
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<p>I didn't see UChicago's why essay requirements --- 1~2 paragraphs, when I finished the first draft of my Why UChi essay, which had 4~5 paragraphs. When I was to submit my app and suddenly spotted that requirement, it was about 4 hrs before deadline. GOSH! i RUSHED my Why Chicago essay, and submitted at 23:59. I had no time to read through the essay again, so I never found out the stupid mistakes above before i submitted. I don't know how much harm this can cause?</p>

<p>I'm an international student with fair toefl and SAT scores, no AP, very very mediocre extracurriculars, and a personal statement with a quite cliche topic. </p>

<p>Do i still have a chance?</p>

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<p>But i did try my best to express my true feelings in the personal statement— despite its cliche topic!</p>

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<p>Small mistakes like that aren’t going to make or break your application. Probably shouldn’t have waited until 23:59 to submit your app, though.</p>

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<p>It’s my impression that the little mistakes are not as bad as you might think. Essays are still, however, a very important aspect of UChicago admissions. If you think that your essays are still good overall, I wouldn’t worry about omitting a subject, or misusing a single word.</p>