Typo in Writing Sample

[B_A_Q]

I applied to a fair amount of programs a little over a month ago and decided, out of boredom, to revisit my manuscript. (Yes, ill-advised—I know!) When I got to the third page, my heart sank. There it is! I knew it! A typo. A missed word, to be exact. The word “to”—skipped over. 

This isn’t a “could-be” typo. Not something that could be chalked up to a stylistic choice. No, it’s pretty obvious. 

 

[semling]

It will be fine. They probably won't even notice it, and if they do they probably won't hold it against you. The committees are made up of real people (who have made plenty of their own typos in their lives), and who are also going through lots of applications pretty quickly. So I can almost guarantee you that that little typo is not going to affect your application either way.

[REEEEEEE]

Mine is much worse cause there is a grammatical mistake in the first sentence that I found out after I submitted....

[B_A_Q]

^If it helps, I've been told by people who have gone through the process/have been readers that so long as the piece isn't riddled with mistakes, a typo won't break you! 

But I definitely regret looking at my sample; ignorance truly is bliss, in this case. 

[REEEEEEE]

 

@blithe_or_anger i regret it as well, and like some others, i've checked with the result page, more anxious after seeing some received acceptance emails.