Instructions left in submitted personal statement

[Hearmeroar]

So i submitted one of my grad apps to an audiology program this evening right after paying the app fee i realized that the instructions i had copy and pasted into my word doc so i knew what to write was still on the top of my statement of purpose. Im freaking out. Is this going to ruin my chances of being accepted?

[fuzzylogician]

It's not going to ruin your chances. All it is is the instructions for the SOP, followed by the SOP. Any sane person would skip the instructions and read the essay. No harm, no foul.