Veritas et Utilitas Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Well... I confused the first name and last name on the cover letter. Professors name is Paul Arnold, so my confusion is hopefully understandable :s Should I send a follow up email and apologize or just let it go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmer08 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Well... I confused the first name and last name on the cover letter. Professors name is Paul Arnold, so my confusion is hopefully understandable :s Should I send a follow up email and apologize or just let it go? nah I would just let it go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stack444 Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 just say you forgot a comma if anything comes up. otherwise let it go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerena Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Hmm I can def see how the confusion came about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritas et Utilitas Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 just say you forgot a comma if anything comes up. otherwise let it go The letter started: "Dear Dr Paul" instead of "Dear Dr Arnold". It was weird because on the info sheet with list of potential IP's it was written as "Arnold Dr. Paul" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekylo Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Things like this always bug me but experience has told me it rarely ever matters. I agree with the advice above to let it go I once wrote "Dead Professor ___" in an email requesting whether it would be possible to join their lab instead of "dear". I ended up actually joining her lab and I asked her about it one day and she said it made her chuckle ... I'm full of typo stories, unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 yes let it go, it is no biggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylamonkey Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 OP- think about it this way, if they're easygoing, they will probably think "whatever, it happens", and only if they're jerks will they toss your application right off the bat for messing something like that up. You don't want to work for a jerk, do you? I thought not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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