Misspelled schools name in SOP

[rustledjimmies]

Sad times. While waiting to hear back from schools I was looking through my grad school applications just for fun, and I realized that in the first sentence of my SOP I misspelled Columbia as "Colmumbia".

 

I facedesk'd and sat there torn between pure horror and trying not to laugh at just how ridiculous of a misspelling this was. To claim some of my dignity back, I will note that this was my 10th application and I was quite tired of the process by this time, and going through applications quite quickly.

 

You're welcome for the $100, Columbia... I'll just be waiting for that rejection now...

[Bren]

Yeah I had a similar one when I was looking over my sop the other day. I said "I service-oriented" instead of "I AM service-oriented", I couldn't believe it.  

 

Here's to hoping that neither one of our mistakes gets us rejected. *Fingers crossed*

[MSW13]

How awful! Seriously, that sucks.  In all of my reading about the do's and dont's of grad school admissions, I've seen a lot of  comments basically saying that contrary to popular belief, a misspelled word is not going to get you automatically rejected. However, if it is the first of a few errors that will tell them that you aren't up to the challenge of grad school level writing/editing/proof reading.

Don't sweat a single typo...if you are awesome, they will most likely ignore it.

[Kadisha]

Lol what is with Columbia? In my SOP for SIPA i spelled it as Colombia for one of my "Columbia"s. Almost had a heart attack when I saw it, but then I told myself, if they're going to reject me because of a typo then it's not worth going there anyway. Too bad I'll never know. 

[musicmage09]

If it makes you feel better,Columbia and UPenn were both due on the same day for me. After submitting, I realized I made two typos (left out verbs) in the first paragraph. I definitely freaked out because these schools were my best fits. I even considered re-uploading a revised SOP, but I didn't. lI revamped my SOP and it was significantly better for the other applications. Well as you can see from my results, I had better luck with the subpar SOP! I think it just goes to show that if the school is a good fit for you, then you've got a real shot.

[thunderchunky]

I like the use of "facedesk" as a verb. Haha. I would be horrified as well, but like the other posters have said, it's not necessarily a death sentence. Good luck!

[KD_UP]

oh well. I misspelled berkeley as berklyey (lol) . And ive been rejected as well.

 

Not to dishearten you guys, but i don't think such small things matter honestly. and if it does, its a very petty way of judging a student who has to go through the such tedious application process.

[Kadisha]

oh well. I misspelled berkeley as berklyey (lol) . And ive been rejected as well.

 

Not to dishearten you guys, but i don't think such small things matter honestly. and if it does, its a very petty way of judging a student who has to go through the such tedious application process.

 

Columbia had the most complicated application out of all the schools I applied for. The "educational resume" bit still boggles my mind.