UH-OH!!! I already submitted my essays, and I realize I made a mistake!

College Essays
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<p>Well, I actually made TWO mistakes, and I am completely FREAKING OUT! I promised myself that I wouldn't go back and read my essays after they were submitted because even if I saw an error I wouldn't be able to fix it. WELL, I was just so happy with one of my essays (the Tufts optional), that I wanted to read it to my grandmother, and much to my dismay...... MISTAKES! I left out a comma, but I'm relatively okay with that since it was more of a stylistic preference rather than a necessity. However, I wrote "effected" instead of "Affected"! I know why it happened too; I wrote that something "had an effect" on me, but then I changed it to, "effected me" in an attempt to cut down on the number of words in my essay! I must have forgotten to chance over the e to an a. Do you think that they'll notice that? I did (it jumped out at me as if it were highlighted, circled in red, and written in size 30 font), but then again I'm a grammar wh*re, so......</p>

<p>Do you think that they will think I'm stupid or just that I made a careless error? That sort of thing could go either way . . . stupid mistake or a complete misunderstanding of even the simplest words! :'(</p>

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<p>i would say dont worry about it</p>

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<p>I'm trying.........</p>

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<p>lol. Don't worry about it. I submitted my Common App essay about a week ago.. After reading this thread, I am definitely not going back to read it.</p>

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<p>Don't worry about it. I had little mistakes a plenty for my ED essay, but I still got in. Though it certainly does look worse than without it, I do not think it's something that'll make or break you.</p>

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<p>I never knew the slgiht difference between "a" and "e" can break a person like this. Interesting discovery, right?
dont worry too much, it's nothing. they won't care so, you don't need to care either :)
Relax, and try to forget about it by doing other interesting stuff.. (eg. helping harvard44 with grammar<-she probably has a dozen of grammar mistakes on each of her essay..)</p>

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<p>As they said, you should be fine. One small mistake won't hurt you.</p>

<p>You can't change it because you already submitted it, anyway.</p>