<p>I was finishing my app on the day of the deadline, but had an emergency before i was done (everything was answered but i hadn't checked the supplement) and had to leave for the hospital. since it was the last day to send it i freaked out and just sent it without checking it. i tried to forget about this but obviously couldnt so i finally went back to my supplement and read it, and unsurprisingly it has errors (4 that i noticed, a few spelling and one word omitted, etc). so now i need to withdraw my app :(:(:(. how should i do this? do i just email them and tell them i wish to withdraw it?
at first i thought there was no harm in leaving it, since i love stanford but it isn't my first choice (and my chances weren't that great either), but i would be embarrassed to have an adcom read an application with so many mistakes. also, i thought that if i could ever (properly) apply to stanford for graduate school or something, this might hurt me?? do they keep records of this stuff or would they not know why i was rejected? thanks in advance for your help. i dont think i'll ever stop being depressed about this; its what i get for taking so long to finish this and waiting until the last day :(</p>
<p>I bet most applications have errors. I doubt that would be held against you. If you like Stanford at all, I would highly recommend not withdrawing the application. It won't be held against you in the future, I doubt any of the graduate departments communicate at all with the undergraduate admissions office ever.</p>
<p>^^ agreed. That's no reason to withdraw your application.</p>
<p>thanks for the help!!! and wow, i had no idea, i thought most apps would be at least very nearly perfect. i dont know if this was implied, but my errors (unfortunately) where in the short essay and one of the short answers, not in the info. still if it wont be held against me in the future then i dont have to withdraw it. thanks a lot!! i can breathe now. and yes, i do LOVE stanford but i live very (VERY) far from there and had another school i loved just as much whose app i sent a little earlier and well revised (i hope). my chances suck but i feel a lot better now hehe</p>
<p>Yeah... don't worry! I had a typo (two commas instead of one) on my application and I got in :)</p>
<p>Can't you call them and explain your situation to them?</p>
<p>HAHA. "Hello, Stanford? I'm overly anxious about a few typos on my application. For example, I'm afraid that my use of "their" instead of "they're" will lead to an automatic rejection and adversely affect my chances for any success later in life. Could you fix them for me? You're too busy? Okay, just withdraw my application. You're not my first choice anyways and I don't want my pathetic application with a total of four horrendous typos to inflate your selectivity rating. kthx"</p>