there's a mistake on my common app activity list! i feel like i'm going to die!

<p>okay, i swear to god THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT. on one of my activities, it says that i did it for all 4 years of high school instead of just 2. it also says it was 1 hr per week when it was really more like .5 hrs per week. i saw this error like a week ago, and i fixed it so that it was true. now, all of my apps are submitted ... and i was randomly just checking my common app... AND APPARENTLY IT STILL SAYS THAT I DID IT FOR ALL FOUR YEARS AND THAT IT WAS 1 HR PER WEEK. </p>

<p>I don't know what to do! I feel like they're going to find out and then I'll be blacklisted everywhere!</p>

<p>The chances of this having any effect on your admissions is literally less than 1%.</p>

<p>phew. well okay. that sufficiently calmed me down. but god i still feel so stupid. this makes me seem overly involved with the group when really, i wasn’t even that active of a member when I WAS in it. i just feel like they’re going to know it’s BS -___-</p>

<p>does anyone know if there’s any way to fix this… even though everything is sent in already? i mean, none of the deadlines for my schools aren’t for another 2 weeks sooo … ?</p>

<p>Don’t worry about it … these are part of a larger story about who you are and they are small. It will not significantly affect your application one way or the other, but if you call them in a panic they will see a side of you that is not as impressive. And so-it-goes.</p>

<p>okay, okay, okay. thanks guys. i posted a question of similar nature on yahoo answers and someone said that if was found out, i’d be screwed for life, blacklisted at any university for both undergrad AND grad, etc. welp. okay. just, thanks for alleviating my worries.</p>

<p>Pretend it didn’t happen.</p>

<p>Honestly, I would contact admissions. If you’re saying you did for 4 years, but really it was 2, that’s “lying”. I put that in quotations because I know it wasn’t intentional. Just send a brief email saying you noticed a mistake. It will also show that you’re honest.</p>

<p>the person on yahoo answers was mocking you. Relax.</p>

<p>It will help you if anything. They don’t have reason to doubt you.</p>