Depends on a number of factors - how particular the firm's policy is (some are famously finicky, others are famously lax, most are in the middle); whether grad rec even notices - I think they often don't with some of these little things, but that comes down to chance; how strong your application & candidate profile are - apart from the notoriously strict firms, assuming mistakes are caught they'll just become part of the overall assessment and if you have sterling credentials and otherwise good writing it's not the end of the world.Hi guys, just reading over an application I submitted yesterday - I rushed it a little as I thought the deadline was midnight but I think it's actually midnight today. I realised I made two mistakes:
- 'Supreme Court Victory' capitalised the V in victory
- 'vital in becoming lawyer' (should have said 'vital in becoming a lawyer')
I thought this was one of my strongest applications so far, and so I'm really deeping the mistakes and whether they'll ruin it for me. In everyones opinions are these major? and would it be worth withdrawing my application and submitting a new one by correcting them or could this be plagiarism or something?
I would generally not advise withdrawing and resubmitting - it does not look good, and imo is a bit underhanded (though certainly not 'plagiarism' in the academic sense of that word) - important in this profession to own one's mistakes (in my view). Jessica has made more compelling points on this elsewhere in the thread but I'm not sure where exactly.
Wouldn't sweat it too much - que sera sera.