Typo in translation - distorts entire essay

College Essays
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<p>I wrote one of my essays in MS Word, but had to copy and paste it to my online application (as opposed to uploading it). Well, in copying and pasting it, a couple of symbols that are critical to understanding the point of my essay (such as the squareroot symbol) were changed to incomprehensible signs and numbers. Since I had proofed my essays numerous times already, it never occurred to me to proof them again after I had pasted it on my online application. And the thing is, I know that the symbols show up online and in notepad because I tested them previously. Gah, such a silly mistake basically throws my entire essay out the window because it no longer makes sense.</p>

<p>Is there anything I can do now? The essay is for Plan II at UT, which I'm really hoping for. I guess the only option now is to call the admissions office, but is there a specific way to go about this?</p>

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<p>Have you already submitted it? If you haven’t you can always write out “squareroot”.</p>

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<p>Yes, unfortunately, I’ve already submitted. If I hadn’t, I could just use the squareroot sign ( √ ) because it’s a legal character. It was just copying it from MS Word that had messed it up. If I had copied from, say, notepad, it would have shown up just fine. Thanks for trying :)</p>

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<p>Send a new copy to the Admissions office and make sure you put your name and social security number on each page. They will add it to your file. If you can, pdf it first. The Common Application does that for you, but since you’re submitting it separately you need to do it yourself.</p>