Typos in my Common App Personal Essay

College Essays
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So I submitted my app to all the schools I am interested in and then found two or three typos, which I would consider to be very noticeable and serious, but I am wondering two things:

  1. Will college admissions officers really care about these typos, and…

  2. If the answer to #1 is yes, would it be a good idea to contact the admissions offices of each school and provide them with the non-typo version of my essay?

Since I’m sure you will need to see what the typos are to answer these questions, here they are: “When I found out that my I’d torn my ACL,” and “I wouldn’t be able to (the word walk should be here) until at least half a week after surgery.”

Thanks in advance for any advice, this has been making me pretty nervous since I made a Common App help ticket and they basically said there’s nothing I can do but send the updated essay to each college individually, but I don’t know if my typos warrant doing so, i.e. if admissions officers would really even take them into account when considering my application.

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Chill. Read the “clam fart” thread [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do-p1.html%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do-p1.html]here[/url]. He was accepted.

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No big deal - they are barely noticeable, and, if noticed, it’s clear that they are because you omitted a word or made some editing changes (e.g., When I found out that my ACL was torn —> When I found out that I’d torn my ACL).

Calling attention to it would make a bigger deal out of it.

That said, if there were major grammatical or usage errors (e.g., they’re vs. their vs. there; I should’ve went vs. I should’ve gone), I would be a little more concerned, but, in your case, no biggie.