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练习一It is my pleasure to inform you, on behalf of the chemistry department, of your admission to the PH.D. program at Stanford University beginning September, 2004. The size and strength of our applicant pool (有共同兴趣的一群人） is such that only the strongest candidates can be admitted, and our offer of admission to you reflects our great confidence in your potential as a scientist. The quality of the faculty and graduate students, combined with an outstanding scientific atmosphere, makes the Stanford Chemistry Department a unique place to pursue graduate study. We hope that you will join the department in September.The Stanford Chemistry Department is committed to continuing financial support of all graduate students in the department. Students in good standing will receive full tuition (学费) plus stipend (补贴）in the form of Teaching and Research Assistantships (研究生助教奖学金）for the duration of their graduate studies towards the Ph.D. degree. The university has not yet set the stipends for the 2004-2005 academic year. However , last year the stipend from Teaching and Research Assistantships was $17,300, and we expect a modest increase for the 2004-2005 academic year.Successful Stanford applicants ordinarily have a number of offers from which they must choose. In reaching a decision, you may find it helpful to conmmunicate with Stanford faculty members or graduate students whose interests parallel (类似) your own. Please feel free to call our student services offcers, Lawrence Ma and Mannie Baig at (650)723-4867, if you need assistance in obtaining names or phone numbers of people to talk to . To foster(鼓励）personal interactions with our faculty and students, we would like to invite you to come out to Stanford for a visit on Friday, March 13. You will hear from Lawrence and Mannie shortly concerning the details and the arrangements for your visit.The high quality of our students is a distinguishing feature of our program. To facilitate planning and arrangement, we would like to hear