I made a typo about a date in my SOP, should I email the universities to replace a new one or just ignore it?

[Lynn815]

Hello everyone. I am pretty upset right now as I found there is a typo about a date in my SOP, and I have already submitted for 5 universities! One date in my SOP should be Sep. 2013 but I mistakenly made it to Sep. 2014, and in the educational background section in the applications this date is correct as Sep. 2013. Do I need to email the universities to replace a new SOP? Or if I just ignore it will it cause any confusion to the committee? Thank you guys! 

[fuzzylogician]

Does this really matter? I would take this to be one of those small errors that even if anyone notices, they aren't going to care all that much. There are other places where the dates are correct, and since sounds like a small bit of background, I don't think there is anything to worry about. If you're really worried, you can email the schools and ask to replace the SOP with a new one -- but this one had better not have any more typos in it! Frankly, I would just let it go in this case, based on what you've written here. 

[Sigaba]

I agree with @fuzzylogician. Let the SOP stand as is.

38 minutes ago, Lynn815 said:

... I am pretty upset right now [...]

Try not to be upset or stressed. Things are going to be what they're going to be. Focus on those matters in the here and now that you can control. And that includes having a joyous holiday season.