“Typo’s” isn’t possessive 
(I’m just kidding)
At the point of being in someone’s resume, something that is meant to be a reflection of them, I don’t think I’d tolerate any typos either.
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When I mentioned this to the lead counselor, he told me that they no longer taught grammar in the school....too much time taken up with prepping for all the other testing. No wonder I see so many semi-literate first drafts. <<<
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The usual cop-out! If teachers were ABLE to teach the material in the first place, they might not have to worry about teaching the test. We are where we are because of decades of lack of accountability and silent acceptance of mediocrity. The kids do not care for proper grammar and spelling because they are allowed to by lazy or incompetent educators.
Had we valued testing two or three decades ago and attempted to only hire better teachers, we might be able to see some real excellence at the end of the dark tunnel students spend formative years.
That and hear fewer excuses.
Actually the teaching of grammar has no demonstrated effect on grammar in a student’s writing. Native speakers have far more grammar in their heads than linguistics can describe. Usually people mean punctuation when they protest grammar, but when they actually mean syntax, the problem usually isn’t student ignorance. Rather when students learn to write new forms with new vocabulary and complex syntax, the strain of all the newness causes error. Most just haven’t proofread adequately.
As digital man goes faster and faster, most of us are proof reading less. We are unlikely to return soon to the leisure of elegant prose.
I do hope that means the application just goes into the ‘discard’ pile.
re teaching grammar. I was lucky to not be forced into diagramming sentences, naming complex grammar usages et al. Learned those taking French. Placed into the Honors college Lit class (no AP in my day), did exceptionally well on ACT/SAT et al. Why I did well- a ton of reading and proper usage instead of dissecting the language (in addition to my ability).
I lament the loss of writing by hand. I found it funny when one of my H’s office secretaries would type every little note instead of just putting the few words on a small piece of paper. Even being fast it took her longer.