<p>Ok, well I am a little worried right now. I proofread my essay literally six times before submitting it. However, after everything was sent, I found a TYPO in a sentence. Here it is:</p>
<p>Instead, I am able to more fully appreciate of all the intricate processes that enable a flower to decorate the Earth.</p>
<p>Is this a big deal? I Should I contact them and just alert them that I proofread the essay many times and that this error still managed to sneak past me?</p>
<p>Thanks,
Robbie</p>
<p>short answer: no. you did not ruin your chances.</p>
<p>long answer: i don’t think you should contact them about something so small. you have a simple one-word inversion, which is not that noticeable.</p>
<p>My friend had a typo in his Harvard essay and he was rejected.</p>
<p>Haha, wow. I highly doubt they are going to see the typo, among all your other fabulous achievements, and say “OH. MY. GOD. A typo! Blasphemy!” and burn your application. You really have nothing to worry about. </p>
<p>And don’t, please don’t, send a note explaining your typo. That’s ridiculous. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Not that my opinion counts for much, but if it helps, I had to read the sentence over about six times or so, in order to catch the error, and I sincerely doubt that the people at Admissions are going to read every sentence in your essay six times. :-)</p>
<p>Is the error the split infinitive? What error are you all pointing to? (I’m aware that’s a dangling preposition. Deal with it.)</p>
<p>Ok, the splitting of an infinitive isnt really a rule that anyone in admissions cares about. I am talking about the inversion of “of” and “all.”</p>
<p>The first time I read the sentence, I read it as “all of”. I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>
<p>If you are really worried about it, you can use the plan that I detailed in the “Is there any way to add just ONE WORD to the supplemental essay???” thread.</p>
<p>HA…that is pritty funny christiansoldier. I tracked down the thread and that plan may well work. However, on the off chance that it doesn’t, do you really think I should not send one of those notes to HYPS schools with a new essay attached with the error corrected in it?</p>
<p>^don’t. i wouldn’t. THAT will not be reason for a rejection. they’d have to be looking for minute errors if they even noticed that error. as nolita said, it is hardly noticeable.</p>
<p>i forgot my name/ID information on the top of the brown supplemental essay, and i’m leaving it.</p>
<p>I didn’t notice the error at first but I didn’t understand what you meant to say. It’s probably because it’s 4 AM here but I think admission officers will read your essay in a state of mind similar to that of mine. Don’t worry.</p>
<p>Not to mention they have like 25k to read, so it’s not like that take considerable care in reading apps (well, okay, they do, but they cerainly aren’t nit picky).</p>
<p>I had to read the sentence a whole bunch of times to catch the error. Had I not known there was an error in the sentence, I wouldn’t have noticed it.</p>
<p>Considering the speed at which adcoms will be reading the essay, I doubt they’ll even catch the error. If they do, they’ll understand that it was just a small typo.</p>
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<p>Split infinitives are grammatical.</p>
<p>The adcoms are professional readers so I would not bet on the fact that they would not see the typo. However, I think that it would be the silliest reason to reject an applicant. I am sure they have much more serious and professional reasons to accept someone or not.
So, I wouldn’t worry about this at all.</p>
<p>I think it’s sad that we all know that a split infinitive is. Or perhaps that is just me. :)</p>
<p>I don’t think you should say anything. I’m guessing they either didn’t care in the first place, or if they do, then they’re going to know that you made a mistake either way. Telling them would just bring attention to it and annoy them.</p>
<p>dude, u gotta be kidding me…while your sending your letter tell them that you did 5 more hours of community service, grew half an inch, watched all the college football bowl games so far and got an A on your last bio test. </p>
<p>seriously though, they won’t care. If you were reading it, would you flat out reject the person? Def. not. And how sad would it be when they receive a letter saying that a kid had one error that no one noticed and he has a reason for it. THAT, my friend would more likely get you rejected</p>
<p>Rtgrove, My DD had a similar typo when she applied three years ago. She is now a junior at Harvard. As others have said, I would not worry.</p>
<p>Don’t worry. I had to read the sentence twice before I found the error. Adcoms aren’t looking for copy editors, but for good writers and interesting students with interesting ideas.</p>