I have a sentence in my diversity statement that reads "The X that I faced gave me thicker skin and a resilience to bend to others’ expectations and adversity." A few people read my DS and didn't notice it. I didn't even notice it until I had already sent it out to a bunch of schools this week and the last. I meant to say that I gained a resilience to bendING not to bend, which means the complete opposite of what I intended. The way it's phrased now sounds like I DO bend to other peoples' expectations.
Please help! What should I do? Is it understandable enough to leave it as is or should I email or call the schools and ask to send in an amended draft?
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I've called schools and asked them to look at my application even though it's late and every school that I asked except one is allowing me to apply.
That's awesome! Do you mind if I ask which schools allowed it and didn't?