I just noticed a grammatical error in the first sentence of my writing sample. I mistakenly used an apostrophe (') instead of an end quotation mark (").The rest of my paper is absolutely perfect grammatically.
I have already submitted it to five schools. My GRE was nothing special (165V, 151Q, 4.5A), and neither is my GPA (3.52, after a strong upward trend). There's just too many reasons they could potentially toss out my application at this point, so this mistake feels like the final nail in the coffin.
(I do have four strong recommendations and many awards from UG. I also have put in a considerable amount of effort to continue studying philosophy after UG by auditing graduate classes, participating in reading groups with faculty members, and attending summer programs. But it may be worse to have reasons for optimism at this point.)
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