<p>In my ILR essay, instead of writing they, I wrote the. I caught it in my essay when I proofread it and I corrected it. I didn't save the new copy though. Does that totally screw my chances?</p>
<p>You just made one of the ten most common tpyos. If they hold it against you, you don't want to go to their lousy school anyway. Relax.</p>
<p>(I agree with the next two posters, by the way. It's not only just a tpyo -- it's a really common one. They definitely won't hold it against you. It's at least a 50% chance they won't even notice it.)</p>
<p>"you don't want to go to their lousy school anyway"</p>
<p>ummmm yes you do....</p>
<p>this will NOT hurt your chances...don't worry! best case scenario: they gloss over it (they read applications in a matter of minutes), worst case: they notice it and shrug</p>
<p>if you are qualified and wrote amazing essays you will be accepted regardless of this irrelevant word</p>
<p>Admissions committees are quite used to occasional typos and will look past them.</p>