<p>Good hints! </p>
<p>mistake #7 - ignoring wise “don’t procrastinate” advice from parents ;)</p>
<p>Don’t say you are the founder of a club, if the founder of the club is also applying to the same school :o</p>
<p>@chocoholic
that wouldn’t be a problem if you were co-founders.</p>
<p>I received an award from school for the highest average in a class but I tied some other girl so we both got the award. She’s applying to 2 of the same schools as I am.</p>
<p>writing in the wrong area</p>
<p>DS’s applications are in. On one (I noticed too late that) he listed his graduation year as 2010. Oops. On another, it would not let him (according to him) put a different zip code for our house and his school. It wasn’t worth arguing about, but perhaps in the state where the school was where he was applying, all young people go to school in the zip code where they live.</p>
<p>What about padding up some activities you have participated in, but haven’t really done much? And what if you are a foreign student in a school that isn’t on any of the lists? I doubt anyone could check that.</p>
<p>Some words of comfort, my D spelled “discipline” disipline" on her app. to Ohio State. It was a typo. But I fretted over,that. Well, she got in the first day they released decisions so I guess it didn’t hurt. :). Not that I am advocating bad spelling, but one word might not equal disaster.</p>
<p>And unless you are a dedicated philanthropist, community service isn’t make or break. My D has very very little community service just because she is extremely involved in Cheerleading and dance…there is no time. I think section gets padded and it shouldn’t. Kenyon admissions told us they dislike seeing activities added for the sake of length. She said they would rather witness how dedicated a student is in o.e area, than a million different groups.</p>
<p>How bad are spelling errors (if otherwise, you should get into the school)? On my supplement for my ED college, I accidentally spelled the name of the school with my major wrong, twice. I’m positive I spelled it right when I wrote it, but spell-check autocorrected it. Its barely even a noticeable mistake, but does this mean I’ll be automatically rejected?</p>
<p>Go easy on yourself. I’m confident that a tiny mistake won’t throw what’s at stake here.</p>
<p>I wrote something along the lines of “fall in with words” instead of “fall in love with words” on one of my essays. Noticeable snafu or should I bother calling in to fix the error? </p>
<p>I partly blame this on the fact that I can’t copy and paste stuff from Word onto the app and had to retype everything in that box. :(</p>
<p>My son had the same problem with one school’s supplement, he couldn’t paste and had to retype everything in. I suggest for anyone who reads this after you type it in, paste it back in word to see that you don’t have mistakes, but I imagine your spell checker wouldn’t have caught that.</p>
<p>I think unless you have another reason to email the admissions counselor, I would let it go. If you end up emailing for something else, then add BTW, My sentence X was supposed to read Y.</p>
<p>How big of a deal is it if I accidentally put down National Merit Finalist instead of Semifinalist for a school like Princeton? Results for the NM obviously aren’t out yet, but I assumed I would automatically make it bc my SATs confirmed my score. I thought, incorrectly, that the essay and application were only for the scholarships. I have no idea what I was thinking, but I did email admissions about it. Hopefully they realize I was not trying to lie or inflate my accomplishments.</p>
<p>I would not worry about the NMF vs. NMSF. Princeton will not give it a lot of weight.</p>
<p>How do you put in an indent? Because this is a huge issue for me. I can’t submit anything unless they’re all at least grammatically perfect lol.</p>
<p>will i get into pace university with about a 2.5 gpa? im transferring as junior for fall2012</p>
<p>I’m really frustrated. The whole application process was just one disaster after the next and now I’m really worried that I destroyed my chances of getting into my top school. </p>
<p>Mistakes:
- gave interviewer resume with a mistake (didn’t say the rank was decile not numier…it was the wrong draft)- I did email it after the fact
- didn’t send a thank you note for the interview until after she sent me one
- forgot the last period on one of my essays
- when talking about the RSM Library Reading program, I left out the word library at one point
- accidently put “though” instead of “through” (sadly not one of the 5 people who checked it noticed it…)
- submitted at 11:57pm western time (2:57am on the next day eastern time)</p>
<p>Hrgreen, I’m sure you’re fine! Most colleges are understanding of time differences and such. The typos are inconsequential, and anyone can probably figure out what you were trying to say. As for the thank you note, it would have been a lot better if you did send it first, but in the end, if your note was heartfelt, then it should be alright. Breathe! :)</p>
<p>For those of you unable to copy-paste into the common app, try using a different server. The Common App was developed to run on Fire Fox, and copy-paste from word is supported. The Common App would not run at all on Chrome last year. In 2011 they added a fix that allows forms to be typed, but there is still no copy-paste support. Try Fire Fox, and you should be able to avoid retyping essays into the fields.</p>
<p>I hate hate checking I didn’t make any mistake. I’m so paranoid that no matter how many times I read something I always think I accidently wrote something wrong. Ugh, it’s so frustrating!</p>
<p>For my University of Texas Application , my essays’ paragraph spacing was completely off. I tried over and over again to get them all perfectly indented, but eventually gave up and submitted it. I still got into their business and nursing schools though!</p>