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brlewis
on Oct 19, 2007
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Rejection letter from summer 05
I'm curious what motivated the change from "send us an email making fun of us" in 2005 to "send us an email telling us about it" in 2007.
kf
on Oct 20, 2007
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It sounded somewhat arrogant in the original version. It wasn't arrogant, of course, it was serious, but it could certainly be perceived as arrogant or smug.
brett
on Oct 20, 2007
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Good catch. The line encouraging people to reapply is gone too.
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