[PhD in I/O Psychology Fall 2012]

I applied to:

Bowling Green (accepted)

Central Michigan (accepted)

Portland State (phone interview)

Clemson (phone interview)

South Florida

UConn

UHouston

Kansas State

DePaul

Purdue

[SOP typo...what to do?!]

Just so everyone knows...I have officially been accepted to two schools, one of which is my first choice. So, needless to say, the typo didn't matter! Yippee!

[SOP typo...what to do?!]

Hi all,

I am applying to PhD programs in I/O psychology, and just finished all of my applications. However, after reviewing my statements today, I realized that I submitted it to a couple different schools with a sentence as follows: "...to ensure that their employees were as satisfied and comfortable, thus ultimately increasing the company’s overall productivity."

I meant to say "were as satisfied and comfortable as possible"! If only the "as" were omitted, my sentence would still make sense.

I feel that the rest of my statement is very strong, and I have a great deal of research experience, a 4.00 GPA, and a 1260 GRE score. Even with all of that, though, do you think that this typo will make them not take my personal statement/application seriously? I don't want all of my hard work to go to waste because of this stupid error! I am not sure if I should try and submit a new version of my statement with this corrected, or if I should just leave it alone.

[Minor typo in personal statement! Please help!]

Hi all,

I am applying to PhD programs in I/O, and just finished all of my applications. However, after reviewing my statements today, I realized that I submitted it to a couple different schools with a sentence as follows: "...to ensure that their employees were as satisfied and comfortable, thus ultimately increasing the company’s overall productivity."

I meant to say "were as satisfied and comfortable as possible"! If only the "as" were omitted, my sentence would still make sense.

I feel that the rest of my statement is very strong, and I have a great deal of research experience, a 4.00 GPA, and a 1260 GRE score. Even with all of that, though, do you think that this typo will make them not take my personal statement/application seriously? I don't want all of my hard work to go to waste because of this stupid error! I am not sure if I should try and submit a new version of my statement with this corrected, or if I should just leave it alone.

Advice?!?