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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Computer Science Department, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
!April 1, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Kim Wilkins
␈↓ ↓H␈↓South 2-305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Box 460
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Wilkins:

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our␈α∞standards␈α∞are␈α
most␈α∞convincing.␈α
 Let␈α∞me␈α∞advise␈α
you␈α∞however,␈α
to␈α∞apply␈α∞to␈α
several
␈↓ ↓H␈↓schools at di≥erent levels of selectivity.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Chairman of Admissions 1976
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science