Dr. Eleanor Gaye
Awesome Science faculty
University of Awesome
Bobtown, CA 99999,
USA
Tel: 123-456-7890
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Miss Eileen Dover
4321 Cliff Top Edge
Dover, CT9 XXX
UK

Re: Eileen Dover university application

Dear Eileen,

Thank you for your recent application to join us at the University of Awesome's science faculty to study as part of your PhD next year. I will answer your questions one by one in the following sections.

Starting dates

We are happy to accommodate you starting your study with us at any time, however it would suit us better if you could start at the beginning of a semester; the start dates for each one are as follows:

Please let me know if this is ok, and if so which start date you would prefer.

Subjects of study

At the Awesome Science Faculty, we have a pretty open-minded research facility — as long as the subjects fall somewhere in the realm of science and technology. You seem like an intelligent, dedicated researcher, and just the kind of person we'd like to have on our team.

Of the ideas you submitted we were most intrigued by:

  1. Turning H2O into wine, and the health benefits of Resveratrol (C14H12O3).
  2. Measuring the effect on performance of funk bass players at temperatures exceeding 30°C (86°F), when the audience size exponentially increases (effect of 3 × 103 increasing to 3 × 104).
  3. HTML and CSS constructs for representing musical scores.

Please provide more information on each subject including expected research time, staff requirements, and other resources.

Exotic dance moves

Yes, you are right! As part of my post-doctorate work, I did study exotic tribal dances. My favorite dances are:

Polynesian chicken dance
A little-known but very influential dance dating back as far as 300 BCE.
Icelandic brownian shuffle
An old Icelandic dance involving huddling together and shuffling rapidly for warmth.
Arctic robot dance
Originally mistaken for a dance by explorers — later discovered to just be people freezing.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Eleanor Gaye

University of Awesome motto: Be awesome to each other. — The memoirs of Bill S Preston, Esq.