<p>i took part in an international competition one time. thing is, when i was doing up my resume i was really quite sleepy and wasn't really thinking, so I typed "regional" instead of "international" - because my country is Singapore, about the size of a city, and so our newspapers are used to calling the internationals competitions held among other countries in the region as "regional". i didn't consider how they might be seen in the American context - America's huge, and regional may well be domestic..</p>
<p>what do i do? can i send in a corrected resume? are they gonna compare my incorrect and corrected ones and go "hey, why did this guy suddenly upgrade his competition?"??</p>
<p>if i tell them to disregard my old one and replace it with my new one, are they still gonna read the old one anyway? will they actually throw away my old one? i have no way of knowing.</p>
<p>Just write or e-mail them about the mistake you've made and attach an updated resume. Don't just submit a new resume without any comments.</p>
<p>But "regional" might be the better term to describe the competition after all. The term "international competition" has the flavor of a world-wide competition (e.g. the international science olympiades). If it was a competition for students from let's say Singapore and Malaysia regional might be a more appropriate word. Regional in the US usually is domestic due to the size of the country, but it might well refer to an area covering several states with more than 50 million people. But Central Europe or Southeast Asia would be considered regions as well, and they are regions covering several countries.</p>
<p>It might be best to specify which region or countries were involved in the competition instead of just stating "international competition." (I am not too familiar with the geography of Southeast Asia, but if it was for example a competition involving Germany, Switzerland and Austria I would describe it as a Central European rather than international competition)</p>
<p>hm, it's been told me to me around these boards that it's better to mail a resume in. can't i not go highlighting my mistake to them and just send in a new resume?</p>
<p>yep, i will be explaining it that way. </p>
<p>anyway, if i tell them to disregard my old one and replace it with my new one, are they still gonna read the old one anyway? will they actually throw away my old one?</p>
<p>bump... any help guys? especially about this:</p>
<p>anyway, if i tell them to disregard my old one and replace it with my new one, are they still gonna read the old one anyway? will they actually throw away my old one?</p>
<p>If you do decide to send in a correction, I would just shoot them a quick email saying something like "I made a mistake on my resume; please replace it with this newer version." Unless your resume is very short or it happens to be seen by an unusually curious admissions officer, chances are they'll just throw away the old version and put the new one in your file. A long explanation concerning just one word in your resume might be seen as desperate hairsplitting, but a brief note shouldn't hurt.</p>