<p>In my UChicago essay, I misspelled a word? It was just ONE word; will they notice, and reject me?</p>
<p>I feel stupid.</p>
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<li>No, to be honest, they probably will not notice.</li>
<li>No, they will not reject you because of one misspelled word. </li>
<li>No offense, but this thread is kind of stupid. A school is not going to reject you because of one small typo. Chill.</li>
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<p>Honestly, I doubt it will make much a difference between an acceptance and a rejection. One misspelled word will not get you a rejection from UChicago. They’ll notice, but most likely, they won’t hold it against you in anyway.</p>
<p>If it helps (sorry if it doesn’t!) , in my Tufts supplemental essay, I accidentally added an extra apostrophe at the end (it did look awkward) and still sent it. I still got accepted anyhow.</p>
<p>What @mandypandy says covers it :)</p>
<p>I had one huge mistake (misnaming an author of a well-known book), a few typos, and several grammar errors. I got in. You’re fine.</p>
<p>^^When you start your essay with:</p>
<p>“Northwestern is my dream school…”</p>
<p>You will be rejected.:)</p>
<p>hahahahah^</p>
<p>And seriously, you’ll be fine…</p>
<p>Say a typo will cost you 0.15 point, and UChicago’s passing grade is 60.00 pts. If your credential is far beyond 60.00 pts, like 63.12 or 65.09 or 70.31 pts. You don’t have to worry. If you are a borderline applicant, you just get 60.10 pts without the typo, then your fate will be in the hands of an admissions officer or the committee. You will be either admitted, wait-listed, or denied.</p>
<p>Jennie’s post assigns a level of standardization to the college admissions process that simply isn’t there. It’s probably a joke, but you can rest assured that adcoms aren’t counting typos and deducting them from some grand score. A single typo is not a problem, but multiple typos may make your application seem like it was thrown together haphazardly.</p>