You have worked painstakingly on your application. You have checked and rechecked your work. You finally press the Submit button only to realize\u2014to your horror\u2014that you are missing a comma, and you inadvertently used \u201ctoo\u201d instead of \u201cto.\u201d The admissions committee is obviously going to just throw your application out, right? Wrong!<\/p>\n
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Making a typo and pervasive sloppiness are two very different things. If you have multiple typos and grammatical errors throughout your essays and application, you send a negative message about your level of professionalism and desire to represent yourself\u2014and potentially the target school\u2014in a positive way. But if you have a minor mistake or two in your text, you have an unfortunate situation on your hands, but not a devastating one. Admissions representatives understand that you are only human, and if you are a strong candidate, the entirety of your professional, community, personal, and academic endeavors will outweigh these blips.<\/p>\n
Do not dwell on the mistakes. Do not send new essays. Just accept your own fallibility and move on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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