Personal Statement Spelling Error
I have already sent off my UCAS application but I have just realised that I made a spelling mistake in my final sentence - I wrote “a excellent” rather than “an excellent”. It still makes sense but is grammatically wrong.
Is this going to affect the decisions made by the university’s I have applied to?
Is this going to affect the decisions made by the university’s I have applied to?
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by SyconiaI have already sent off my UCAS application but I have just realised that I made a spelling mistake in my final sentence - I wrote “a excellent” rather than “an excellent”. It still makes sense but is grammatically wrong.
Is this going to affect the decisions made by the university’s I have applied to?
Is this going to affect the decisions made by the university’s I have applied to?
Never mind, that's very minor. Very likely unii admission officers care contents more than this very minor grammar mistake (of course they will mind some major one, but a vs an excellent is far from that). Good luck.
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Reply 2
Being in the first line, yes, it might get spotted, but no, it won't make any difference.
Reply 3
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Don't worry - it won't be a game-changer.
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