What to Do If You Make An Error on A College Application

Applying to College
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If you make a mistake on your application or essay, don’t panic – check these tips for help. https://www.collegeconfidential.com/articles/whoops-what-to-do-if-you-make-an-error-on-your-college-application/

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This is a great help thanks

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My son made an error on his common app essay. He repeated a word twice in a sentence - one was at the end of the line and the other at the beginning of the next line, so both of our eyes just skipped over it when we were proofreading.

He got upset and we decided to email admissions and ask if we could correct it. I pulled up the common app to start to look for an email address to send it to…

And I discovered 3 typos on their confirmation popup.

We decided to let it go. If they want to deny admission because of a typo when their stuff is riddled with typos, it’s not the school for my kid.

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Also don’t panic too much…and read this:
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do-p1.html

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Ha ha, I just KNEW the clam fart link would resurface on this thread.

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Me, too, I wondered how long it would take the link that CWRU posted to show up. Well worth reading.