SOP remorse

[ioul]

Is anyone else having SOP remorse now the the due date has passed? The SOP I submitted on the 1st briefly mentioned the research I' d done and focused on my interests because they also asked for a CV. Now I'm thinking what if they don't look at my CV for whatever reason. Why, Why did I do that?

[cunninlynguist]

No use on expending any energy -- or anxiety -- on something that is now beyond your control. I'm sure you put in sufficient care and effort to craft a great SOP that conveys what you wanted it to. If a program is considering you, and you cleared the first round of cuts, all of your materials should get read.

Although I'm speaking as a person who hasn't read a word of my statements (writing samples and diversity statements, too) since submitting my applications a month ago. This whole process is terrifying, but at some point it's done and you've got to retain the confidence you had when you finished it all up.

[anonyouknow]

Haha, I can feel the SOP regret too! I'm finishing up my last applications now and since I sent the first out I've rephrased a few sentences and even completely changed one of my paragraphs to something more focused. Now my bottom two schools are getting my re-read a million times and reworked to perfection SOPs.

Lesson learned, don't finish your top schools first, you'll make a hundred better changes as you keep submitting!