>It is funny that spelling and grammar matter more when writing to an admissions officer than to a potential business partner

Things that matter in academia world don't always matter in the real world and vice versa.

Right, the deeper question is why it “matters” in academia and not business. Because in some sense academia is the real world.

	▲	toast0 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Because in some sense academia is the real world. The old one; what's the difference between academia and the real world? In academia, there is no difference.
	▲	RhysU 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Proper grammar on formulaic language is a proof-of-work system. Difficult to achieve but easy to check. It suggests that the author cared enough to put in the time. When the cost of graduate labor is low, careful editing suggests that you can burn a student's time to demonstrate the message is worth reading.