The one in the title (misspelling) is a straight up spelling error, but what I actually did was confuse two homophones (lessen and lesson).
I missed it during proof reading and made this same error twice.
I’d prefer a blunt but realistic answer to how bad of an impression this leaves. Thanks.
If MIT autorejected every application with a typo, there would be many open seats. This question has literally been asked dozens of times since 11/1; the answer will not change.
Chill. Read the “clam fart” thread [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do-p1.html%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do-p1.html]here[/url]. He was accepted.
@skieurope Thanks, that made me laugh 
For most engineers, spelling isn’t their strength.
Yeah, unless you spelled “MIT” as “S-T-A-N-F-O-R-D” you’re probably okay.