<p>I mistakenly referred to Brown as a “liberal arts college” twice in my Why Brown essay when I was trying to make the point that the multidiciplinary background would create a strong foundation for my future career. </p>
<p>How bad is this mistake since Brown technically is not a Liberal Arts College?</p>
<p>How much will this hurt my chances of admission???</p>
<p>Should I try to send them a revised copy somehow?</p>
<p>Somehow I think they'd be more annoyed you'd be sending them a revised copy. Especially when it's just that reference you're changing.</p>
<p>I mean they'll see that you konw about brown and everything and they can also see why you said liberal arts college.</p>
<p>I hope you really didn't say "multidisciplinary background would create a strong foundation for my career" because that'll make em cringe more <em>its generic</em></p>
<p>i didnt say that literally... that is just the quick explanation i wrote to post in the forum. i actually talked about the inherent qualities of brown that make it the perfect place for an aspiring entrepreneur. </p>
<p>But, regardless i still mentioned a "liberal arts" in reference to Brown 3 times...</p>
<p>So do i still have any chance?</p>
<p>What should I do....just leave it?</p>
<p>Take a deep breath and think about something else. Let it go. Don't look at your app again. Now go watch TV or something.</p>
<p>You will ABSOLUTELY get rejected, in case you didn't realize, we're called Brown UNIVERSITY, not Brown Liberal Arts College. People like you who disgrace my school make me sick.</p>
<p>Wow thats pretty harsh iwannabebrown. I appreciate the feedback, but I think you are misunderstanding me. There is a liberal arts aspect to Brown as others on this board have commented. That is what I referred to in my essay. While I may not be a Brown-connoisseur like yourself, I do have a genuine interest in the UNIVERSITY. And if someone misrepresenting information about your school honestly makes you sick theres something seriously wrong with you... you might want to get on some anti-anxiety meds or something. If you are really that upset by my "mistake" then you should take it up with the College Board who classifies Brown as a LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE. </p>
<p>Thanks everyone who replied constructively.</p>
<p>lol readytobedone... </p>
<p>i think you're fine (i was going to apply to brown RD if i hadn't gotten into my ED school so I have done my research on that school). if collegeboard said it, i'm sure the brown admissions com. will see many of the same references to brown being a liberal arts place, therefore making you not alone regarding this "mistake"</p>
<p>Thanks rockers... I appreciate the reassurance. </p>
<p>And just to clarify, I have no problem with you saying it will get me rejected iwannabebrown, that is exactly why I posted here. I just think you were unreasonably hostile, and you seem to be the type of person that CC and this whole admissions process got the best of...</p>
<p>you're welcome. good luck with cornell (yay hotel school!) and brown. both of them were two of my top choices and they are incredible</p>
<p>Sorry to hijack this thread, but I have a similar-ish question.</p>
<p>I've been reading all these posts by people who made a spelling error or some other inconsequential mistake on their essays, but haven't found the answer I'm looking for. </p>
<p>I have a serious problem with word limits, and had to cut my essay down a lot. In the process, I cut a sentence that lends my essay a certain... uh, understandibility. Basically, I'm talking about this teacher's class and how his extemporaneous essays were unlike anything else I'd ever had. I used to have a sentence that set the time as the night before my first essay test with the guy (something like "It was the night before my first essay test and blah blah") , immediately followed by a string of thoughts on how I was anxious about potentially disappointing the guy. I then discuss how I walked in the classroom the next day and read the prompt and so forth. </p>
<p>But that sentence that says "It was the night before my first essay test and blah blah" got cut, so it's basically me discussing the essays kicking collective ass -> me saying I admire the teach and don't want to disappoint "the next day" -> me walking into his room. I'm not sure it's easy to follow without that one line setting the scene. </p>
<p>So am I screwed? Is it just more obvious if I try to call/e-mail them for the sake of a sentence? Why am I a total idiot?</p>
<p>You're not a total idiot, missuspeel. I would leave the essay as is since calling Brown may draw more attention to your "error," which in turn can have adverse effects. But truly, if you feel that your essay lacks clarity/coherence because of the missing sentence, I would send them a revised copy. I know how it is to write and exceed word limits... lol. My original Brown essay was 700 words until I rewrote and rewrote and cut it down to 486 words. Be true to yourself when revising your work. For example, my AP English teacher almost had me remove a word out of my essay that to me, was central to my theme. Word limits are, in essence, guidelines. But expressing who you are is (to me) much more important than any guidelines.</p>
<p>I don't think calling Brown a liberal arts college will reject you... in fact, you seem to get the point that Brown is a research university that leaves tons of options and opportunities for its undergrads. </p>
<p>fengshuibundi- you got me worried. I mentioned multidisciplinary/open cirriculum stuff in my why Brown essay (I wrote more though, about neuroscience research and my own interest in neuro, specifically), and now I'm a bit worried it's generic.</p>
<p>To the OP:</p>
<p>You must be really stressed out to not realize that iwannabebrown's post was 100% sarcastic.</p>
<p>wow... you have no idea how stressed I was. my kindest apologies if that was in fact sarcasm iwannabebrown. it is always hard to detect sarcasm in text, and on top of that i was extremely stressed about it, and then there really are some people like that on CC so I wasnt sure. </p>
<p>WELL THEN...lol... I guess its not too serious after alll...?</p>
<p>Well I didn't talk multidisciplinary but I mentioned the open curriculum (I mean who didn't! But it's awesome so it's not like they'll discount that) but I talked more about the different subjects I'm interested in and why, and the effect visitng Brown had on me.</p>
<p>I REALLY wish I had the space to add "Any school that can successfully use the word 'shopping' in part of its curriculum/planning is a school I want to go to"</p>
<p>Yes. Seriously. Shopping = LIFE.</p>
<p>And ready, no worries =)</p>
<p>yeah, my post couldn't have been more sarcastic if i had tried. I guess you didn't see my other one to the kid who asked if he should alert the adcoms he forgot the word "in" in one of his sentences.</p>
<p>yeah you guys, its okay relax a bit.</p>
<p>This is a more general response, not specific to Brown or the OP, but is about making small errors during application processes and then wondering if they are possible deal-breakers. </p>
<p>This second-guessing will also come up in the future re: job interviews, revisiting how you answered this or that question, wishing you had said different..etc. But my experience, at least in the professional world of job interviews, is that the employer and applicant try to gain a total picture through many bits of information. By the same thinking, when you decided you liked Brown enough to make application, you also forgave small details if you liked the whole package.
I don't know enough about the ap processes to say whether it's wise to send in an apologia just b/c you said "liberal arts college." My hunch is: don't send. To me, as others who replied, you made an understandable error, expressed in context, that still takes into consideration the university's strengths. It's not as though you said you look forward to the all-female student body, their West Coast ambience, or their big-city opportunities!
If they don't perceive a fit, you could have said everyhting perfectly and it just won't fly. If they think you are for them, then a small error like that would be understood and immediately forgiven. Either way, it's not deal-breaker.
Sending an apology also sounds like you didn't proofread, were hasty, and will always be doing this when you submit papers...driving profs crazy.
I think you probably wrote a fine ap and a small error like that will not break your chances. If you don't get in it will be for more significant factors and you should not gnash your teeth forever that "liberal arts college" was the reason you didn;t get in.
One of my kids was hasty on a last-minute ap, submitted under deadline pressure and thrown in just as a safety. Later, rereading it, he found 3 typos on a short answer. I always thought that was the reason he got rejected there (but he got in to 4 other places, having applied for 8). To me, if anything, that would be dealbreaker b/c it shows carelessness and lack of concern. Do you see how yours differs? Yours sounds like an honest, thoughtful mistake. If you're meant to get in there, you will anyway. Rest easy now. I hope that helps.</p>
<p>paying3tuitions- your note really puts the error in a more realistic perspective. thank you for taking the time to reply so thoroughly.</p>