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    The following is an exact transcription of a letter John Mongan received from MIT, and the reply that he sent them. Unfortunately, they chose to discontinue their correspondence at that point. I have heard, however, that their recruitment letter has been revised and is far less snotty than it once was.
    April 18, 1994
    Mr. John T. Mongan 123 Main Street Smalltown, California 9;;;;,-;;;;,
    Dear John:
    You've got the grades. You've certainly got the PSAT scores. And now you've got a letter from MIT. Maybe you're surprised. Most students would be.
    But you're not most students. And that's exactly why I urge you to consider carefully one of the most selective universities in America.
    The level of potential reflected in your performance is a powerful indicator that you might well be an excellent candidate for MIT. It certainly got my attention!
    Engineering's not for you? No problem. It may surprise you to learn we offer more than 40 major fields of study, from more...

    History is a selective interpretation of events designed to justify those currently in power.
    Memory is the same thing on an individual scale.

    Here is a great letter from MIT to a prospective student and that student's response.


    Mr. John T. Mongan
    123 Main Street
    Smalltown, California 94123-4567

    Dear John:

    You've got the grades. You've certainly got the PSAT scores. And now you've got a letter from MIT. Maybe you're surprised. Most students would be.

    But you're not most students. And that's exactly why I urge you to consider carefully one of the most selective universities in America.

    The level of potential reflected in your performance is a powerful indicator that you might well be an excellent candidate for MIT. It certainly got my attention!

    Engineering's not for you? No problem. It may surprise you to learn we offer more than 40 major fields of study, from architecture to brain and cognitive sciences, from economics (perhaps the best program in the country) to writing.

    What? Of course, you don't want to be bored. Who does? Life more...

    Law of Selective Gravity:
    An object will fall so as to do the most damage.Jenning's Corollary:
    The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.

    The following is an exact transcription of a letter John Mongan received from MIT, and the reply that he sent them.Unfortunately, they chose to discontinue their correspondence at that point. I have heard, however, that their recruitment letter has been revised and is far less snotty than it once was.
    April 18, 1994 Mr. John T. Mongan
    123 Main Street
    Smalltown, California 94123-4567 Dear John: You've got the grades. You've certainly got the PSAT scores. And now you've got a letter from MIT. Maybe you're surprised.
    Most students would be. But you're not most students. And that's exactly why I urge you to consider carefully one of the most selective
    universities in America. The level of potential reflected in your performance is a powerful indicator that you might well be an excellent candidate for MIT. It certainly got my attention! Engineering's not for you? No problem. It may surprise you to learn we offer more than 40 major fields of study, more...

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