<p>I used a different version of the application for Harvard and another Ivy- I accidentally uploaded my common app essay in both the writing sample area and the additional information area. It basically shows up twice.</p>
<p>I'm glad it was only two schools and not all of them... but I'm cringing. It's like doing crunches, this thing on the side of my abs keeps me bending.</p>
<p>It's no one's fault but my own, and I realize that I signed saying that the app looked exactly how I wanted it to (I spent hours scrolling through each part of the EC list and making sure that the EXACT name of the final copy of the common app was uploaded, stupid of me not to check the end of the print preview because I just assumed it was my essay), but is this going to kill my chances? Not that anyone really has a chance anyways, but am I guaranteed a rejection letter?</p>
<p>I think you should still try contacting the schools to see if it can be fixed by you submitting the intended essay. I had a similar issue with one of my colleges where I uploaded a draft (filled with errors and editing notes like “make point more clear”). I contacted them and they allowed me to submit my final copy (although they never replied saying whether or not my initial one would still be considered or if it’ll hurt my chances). That was around 4-5days after the application deadline. It’s worth a shot seeing that there’s nothing to lose.</p>
<p>I feel like for the Ivy’s and similar schools with such teeny acceptance rates to begin with, a rejection is even more likely. It’s less info they have available to properly evaluate you on.</p>
<p>Thanks for replying! It’s the right 500-word essay, thank the lord, but it shows up twice on the app, back to back. I don’t know if this merits a call (since technically, all the info I wanted to provide is there… no typos), if they’ll ignore it and it’s not a big deal, or if they’ll sit and laugh at my blunder :(</p>
<p>Well, it’s certainly not going to help, but I would be very surprised if they rejected based on that alone. That and other parts of your application that they find lacking? Maybe, yes. But I don’t think they’d reject you JUST because of that, if they would have accepted you otherwise.</p>
<p>I’m a pretty good student (I guess you kind of have to be if you choose to apply there), 2300+SAT, 800 on 3 subject tests, 5.0 last year (all AP classes). I have decent EC’s (or at least, decent enough to potentially/possibly/somehow get in) and definitely thought I had a tiny slip in the lottery, but now I feel like I lost that too :\ I just posted wondering if I’m stressing for nothing or if I should contact their office.</p>
<p>If you’re stressing that much, you should just give them call - if for nothing else, then to alleviate your anxiety. They’ll most likely tell you to not worry about it, but it always feels better when it comes from someone with ‘authority’. </p>
<p>murphy, thank you!! ahh that’s really comforting to hear!</p>
<p>I didn’t intend to- I’d been contemplating sending an abstract, and common app was being kind of glitchy, so I guess a combination of these factors led to the dual post.</p>