<p>I accidentally attached the rough draft of my persona essay on the Common App ... if I send in a fax with the final essay tomorrow (1/8/10), would that be fine? Have the adcoms already started meeting?</p>
<p>Also, do you think it would be a bad idea to mail the essay too? Would they frown upon duplicates?</p>
<p>Umm its prbly not going to help you. I had a typo in my essay and called Pton and Stanford. Both said two things 1. we wouldnt notice the typo anyway and 2. you can’t send us new stuff.</p>
<p>No, the adcoms haven’t started meeting yet; there’s a reason they’re going to send you an email in February if you still have missing parts of your application. That being said, it wouldn’t hurt to call or send an email asking if they want a new version of your essay, although they’ll probably just say that it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>Of course they have started meeting. They started way back in Oct/Nov. Think about it, why in the world would they wait until Feb. to go through 20,000 apps that need to be done by end of Mar.?</p>
<p>That being said, honestly if the rough draft is not terribly different (as in completely new topic, etc), they probably wouldn’t notice the difference anyway.</p>
<p>So it’s too late?</p>
<p>i would email admissions or something and ask. is your final draft dramatically different?</p>
<p>Nothing is “too late”. I mean, what are they going to do when the receive it after the due date? Toss it out? No, they will add it to your file. </p>
<p>However, this could also cause more problems. One, if your final draft is very different or completely something else entirely, it may seem like another ploy by you for them to read all of your stuff. Second, it may highlight your “potential” carelessness or inattention to detail, or whatever caused you to attach the wrong file, if you know what I mean. Third, it may be seen as failure to follow instruction when you had almost 5 months to complete your correct application by the due date. </p>
<p>Sorry for the bluntness, but just my two cents.</p>
<p>Well,</p>
<p>It isn’t radically different. Only about 2-3 sentences are actually changed, but it highly annoys me that I made such a stupid mistake. I had the essay finished in November.</p>
<p>What do you mean by failure to follow instruction - I called the office and was given the green light, but I was just wondering what you guys thought the unspoken consequences would be.</p>
<p>^ Sorry, I just meant that you sent in the essay after the due date. And I wasn’t aware that you had already called the office. Sorry, my fault.</p>
<p>No, it’s fine haha. I appreciate your input.</p>
<p>Do you think it’s worth it? I’m seriously debating whether or not to go through with it tomorrow.</p>
<p>One one hand, they would have the final version, but on the other hand, it only changes about 2 sentences and corrects a typo (probably might not sway decision?) and it might make them think less of me?</p>
<p>I’m so torn whether to restrict myself from doing this or not. I definitely don’t want them to unconsciously think less of me. Are you sure that they’ve already started meeting and possibly looked at my application? What if they already looked at me and won’t see the fax in time?</p>
<p>@ 1a1 : I had a couple of problems with print previewing my Princeton Supplement and as a result submitted a version with a couple of typos and stuff. I called the princeton office and asked them what i should do. They told me the best thing is to explain the problem in short and mail the corrected essay to the UA email address. I did so and within a day i got a reply from them saying they have updated it on my file. :)</p>
<p>It probably won’t make a big difference since it’s only 2 sentences, but if you really feel like you’d rather them see the final version I think you should just send it. It probably isn’t a big deal, and I like to think that the Admissions Office isn’t as cut throat as people like to imagine them to be.</p>
<p>So wait, if you have a single small typo. Like, in my essay I switched around the words “all of” toward the end of my essay. Should I send in a new copy of my essay as well?</p>
<p>Rtgrove123, I’m fairly sure you can rest easy.</p>
<p>Hey. So I did the exact same thing except I also forgot to single space it as well. I fretted over the same decision but after talking with admissions it seemed that they as long as you sign a cover letter saying to ignore your downloaded essay they will replace it and not read the previous version. </p>
<p>hope this helps</p>
<p>Really? So would u recommend sending in a revised essay even if its to fix only a minor typo.</p>
<p>What if you didn’t sign a cover letter … lol?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t bother sending in a revised essay if it’s just a typo. I honestly don’t think it’ll matter.</p>