<p>I was rereading my already submitted CommonApp and realized I've MADE A FREAKING TYPO! I don't know how I could've missed it, I went over the app like 5 times before submitting it. Urgh I feel doomed.</p>
<p>I spelled castlefield as castlefielf for my father's address (I don't live with him atm, and it's a new house), if that's any consolation. </p>
<p>I don't think anyone here is qualified to answer your question, but I'm going with the answer I got: "Calm Down."</p>
<p>I have the same problem as both of you did. I accidently misspelled Golf as "Gold". Now, this typo is probably more problamatic with me because it's misleading. However, if a typo is obvious enough for them to realize what it actually means I DOUBT it could do anything to harm you. College Admissions Officers are human too and realize that we all err...</p>
<p>I thought I would be the only one to make such a careless mistake. I mispelled council as "councol." Hopefully the admissions people will realize that we are humans and that we make mistakes...</p>
<p>Oh honestly, it's fine. They have to read hundreds of essays every day, so I doubt they'd even see the typo, and if they do, they neither care nor have the time to stop and think about it.</p>
<p>Answer here: no. Secondary answer: some high $$$ consultants humorously have been suggesting that students make slight typos to appear more human and win the hearts of readers. That psychological effect has a couple preconditions that might not always be met, though...</p>
<p>^yea i read that too. but thats some advice i'm staying away from.</p>
<p>Ummm, no (in response to the title)</p>
<p>A few minor typos will not make any difference. If the typo is "Harvard" when you meant to say "Yale" in your application to Yale, you might have an issue. In doing essays or other parts of application, do not rely on spell-check on your computer to correct errors. It will not correct correctly spelled but incorrectly used words and admissions personnel can notice those types of errors that tell them that the applicant just did not bother to actually review his own work before sending; examples: "too" when you mean "to," "hear" when you mean "here," mixing up "there" and "their," others in the same genre where you mix up words that sound alike but have different meanings.</p>
<p>oh so harsh.</p>
<p>psssh, I hope not. I misspelled "does" as "des" in one of the short essays of my Tufts supplemental. But they both sound similar either way "des not" "does not"...whatever. Spellcheck didn't catch it because it thought I was typing in a French name. My first thought was "oh, look, it's a German genitive article!"...Huh. I digress. </p>
<p>The short of it is: CHILL.</p>