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- Misspelled "assistantship" as "assistanceship" in my essays for financial aid.
- There's a gaping hole in my writing sample where I basically say a figure has the view that they literally wrote the book I'm analyzing to say they didn't. It'd be like if I'd said "Deep down, the story of Titanic is about staying together."

I really hope they don't reject me based on this though

I got the name of my institution wrong...in all my applications. I had done a project at UC Santa Cruz but referred to it as USC Santa Cruz in EVERY SINGLE APP (including the ones to all the UC's)
 
Also, misquoted my GRE date as November 2016.

I LOLed at the receipt one... that sounds like something I would have done. 

Stop reading your application materials, people! You are torturing yourselves and there is nothing to gain. Typos and small mistakes (like basically ALL the things everybody has listed here) will NOT get your application dismissed. It's about the overall impression, not one missed citation or typo or repeating "additionally" twice. More generally, I know exactly zero people who don't cringe when reading old text of theirs. If you read old stuff, you WILL find things you dislike. Everyone does. Your view of your writing is just so skewed, I promise you no one else sees the things you do or ascribes them nearly as much importance. You should only look at your materials if/when it is relevant--when prepping for interviews/visits.