LOCI Screw Up Help

Application Question

So I kind f'd up my LOCI for Emory. Basically on my LOCI, I put in a program and professor at Emory related to my major and interests that I really want to join and be a part of and all that other shit you would put on an LOCI. However, I used chatgpt to find the link to that specific program and professor. To emphasize, I just used ChatGPT to find a link to that professor and program and didn't actually use it to write the LOCI. The problem arises is that i left that link on the Google Doc where I wrote the LOCI just so I can come back to it and access it again easily when I need to, but this time I completely forgot to erase the link when I submitted because my LOCI was long enough that just the link was put on a separate new page and I didn't see that it created a second page. The link itself was this: https://ott.emory.edu/industry/featured/probiotic_lactis.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com, and as you can clearly see there is the sourse=chatgpt.com part at the end that clearly indicates I used chatgpt to find this professor.

When I emailed Emory admission asking if I can delete the old draft with the chatgpt link on it they said I couldn't but I could submit a new LOCI and tell them to disregard the first draft. I'm wondering if I do that if it would look shady or weird that I submitted a new draft that's exactly the same but without that chatgpt link. Should I submit a new draft just without the link or am I just overthinking this and does it not matter and should I leave the old draft with the link on it?

Anyway, I'm probablt but just blabbering my mouth rn but I'm totally freaking out over this rn cause Emory one of my top colleges.

TLDR: I accidentally put a remnant of ChatGPT on my LOCI and now I have no idea if I'm overthinking this.

Posted Apr 29, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC

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