To: Phil
From: Foreign Affairs Canada
Date: December 07, 2006
Subject: Scholarship

Dear Applicant,

The Canadian Scholarship Selection Committee has just completed its review of all 2006 applications for the Commonwealth Scholarships tenable in the United Kingdom during the 2007-2008 academic year. It is my pleasure to inform you that you are one the candidates whose applications will be forwarded for consideration by the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Nothing to be excited about. I had a strong application and I would have been utterly mystified had I not made it through the first round. The Commonwealth Scholarships will fund my stay at Tolkien’s old stompin’ grounds, should I choose to study there.