B_A_Q Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semling Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 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. B_A_Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEEEEEE Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Mine is much worse cause there is a grammatical mistake in the first sentence that I found out after I submitted.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_A_Q Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 ^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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEEEEEE Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 @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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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