Two typos in my SoP

[flowerchild]

So I turned in my SoP to University of Chicago (my top choice) and later discovered that it had 2 typos. I contacted admissions to ask if I could replace it. They responded saying that I could send them a scanned copy and they could add it to my file but it would have to be accompanied by a memo explaining. She said it would then be up to the department what they did with the memo and the uploaded copy. I had already sent a memo earlier, asking them to consider my online SoP rather than the hard copy submitted with my supplemental materials, as the latter was outdated.

My question is: is this worth it or am I being too anal? I dont want to annoy the admissions committee by having them wade through 3 Candidate Statements and 2 memos and figure out which the right one is. On the other hand I dont know if typos are a deal-breaker. My typos were not major, in one place I wrote "ties to market-led growth" instead of "tied to market-led growth". In another, I spelled Interdisciplinary, "Interdiciplinary".

Any advice would be appreciated.

[alleycat393]

So I turned in my SoP to University of Chicago (my top choice) and later discovered that it had 2 typos. I contacted admissions to ask if I could replace it. They responded saying that I could send them a scanned copy and they could add it to my file but it would have to be accompanied by a memo explaining. She said it would then be up to the department what they did with the memo and the uploaded copy. I had already sent a memo earlier, asking them to consider my online SoP rather than the hard copy submitted with my supplemental materials, as the latter was outdated.

My question is: is this worth it or am I being too anal? I dont want to annoy the admissions committee by having them wade through 3 Candidate Statements and 2 memos and figure out which the right one is. On the other hand I dont know if typos are a deal-breaker. My typos were not major, in one place I wrote "ties to market-led growth" instead of "tied to market-led growth". In another, I spelled Interdisciplinary, "Interdiciplinary".

Any advice would be appreciated.

I really don't think the typos would be a deal breaker but I'm sure the AdComm will get irritated with the memos and the ammendments.

[Strangefox]

Don't replace it. Adcoms may not even notice them (they have so much to read!) but they will definetely notice scanned copies and memos

[GK Chesterton]

I really don't think the typos would be a deal breaker but I'm sure the AdComm will get irritated with the memos and the ammendments.

Indeed. Common sense, folks. Are they more likely to notice two typos or that you seem to be perpetually unprepared?

[TheDude]

I missed 2 hyphens in one of my SOPs.....2 professors didn't catch it.

I'm not worried because it flowed well and I believe someone on the adcom committee is more apt to pass over it without incident.

[modernity]

So I turned in my SoP to University of Chicago (my top choice) and later discovered that it had 2 typos. I contacted admissions to ask if I could replace it. They responded saying that I could send them a scanned copy and they could add it to my file but it would have to be accompanied by a memo explaining. She said it would then be up to the department what they did with the memo and the uploaded copy. I had already sent a memo earlier, asking them to consider my online SoP rather than the hard copy submitted with my supplemental materials, as the latter was outdated.

My question is: is this worth it or am I being too anal? I dont want to annoy the admissions committee by having them wade through 3 Candidate Statements and 2 memos and figure out which the right one is. On the other hand I dont know if typos are a deal-breaker. My typos were not major, in one place I wrote "ties to market-led growth" instead of "tied to market-led growth". In another, I spelled Interdisciplinary, "Interdiciplinary".

Any advice would be appreciated.

Do not correct your typos... you're bringing a lot of attention to your mistakes, and you are causing them to wade through a lot of memos and stuff that is going to irritate them during an already taxing process. They aren't going to throw you out over a couple typos- they happen.

[flowerchild]

Thanks everyone. Maybe I'm silly, but I'm anal, and I called the Anthropology admin. It made a difference that it was my undergraduate institution and she knew me personally/ had been in touch with me, so she said I could send a clean copy to her email. Hope it all works out.

General lesson I have learned from this: never add sentences or phrases at the last minute!!!!