第一拒 from Columbia University

Dear Columbia applicant,I regret to inform you that the Department of Mathematics hasnot placed your name on the short list of those whom we arerecommending for admission to the doctoral program. You mayexpect an official notification from the Dean of the GraduateSchool some time next month.May I add, however, that this is an extremely competitive yearin which we have received many stellar applications. We couldeasily fill our class several times over with first-rateapplicants. So you are in good company with many excellentstudents whom we will have to turn down simply because of theirnumbers.I am very sorry to send you this unfortunate news and hope thatyou have better luck with your other applications.Sincerely yours,Michael ThaddeusAssociate Professor of MathematicsDirector of Graduate StudiesColumbia University
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