Common App mistake

[Anonymous]

DC accidentally made a typo on common app and put wrong graduation year for Dad's master's degree...put 2022 instead of 2002.
Everything else is correct - school, degree, job, company. Undergrad info for Dad is correct graduation year.

DC now fixed the year so any apps submitted going forward will be correct.

I can't imagine this is a big deal but wanted to check here.
For the apps already submitted, Let it slide?
You wouldn't have them call the admissions offices to correct this, right?

[Anonymous]

Mistakes like that are so annoying! My kid put yes to the question - do you have children. It shows as if he has two kids!

I think it's fine. Let it slide I'd say.

[Anonymous]

There’s so many moving parts on these apps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mistakes like that are so annoying! My kid put yes to the question - do you have children. It shows as if he has two kids!

I think it's fine. Let it slide I'd say.

The having kids part can affect aid, might want to correct if there's time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mistakes like that are so annoying! My kid put yes to the question - do you have children. It shows as if he has two kids!

I think it's fine. Let it slide I'd say.

This made me laugh

[Anonymous]

My son made a similar error last year—listed dad’s law school grad year incorrectly. Speaking with the cc at his school, he was told to leave it alone for submitted apps, and correct it with the school he finally enrolled at so it would be correct for their records.

[Anonymous]

Glad I caught this one before submitted. DD put down her ACT superscore instead of highest composite on the common app (35 vs. 34). I had her change this before submitted. It is important to get another set of eyes on the app before submitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glad I caught this one before submitted. DD put down her ACT superscore instead of highest composite on the common app (35 vs. 34). I had her change this before submitted. It is important to get another set of eyes on the app before submitted.

Yes, it's important to get that one right. Could catch. Schools will do their own computation to figure Superscore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glad I caught this one before submitted. DD put down her ACT superscore instead of highest composite on the common app (35 vs. 34). I had her change this before submitted. It is important to get another set of eyes on the app before submitted.

Yes, it's important to get that one right. Could catch. Schools will do their own computation to figure Superscore.

Meant good catch.

[Anonymous]

My son made a mistake on his (listed his graduation date as May 2025 vs 2026). We reached out to his CC and she said it wasn't a big deal but did advise that he email the colleges and let them know.