from a high to a low
February 24, 2004

Dear Jeff Green III,

Thank you for applying to Teach For America. We greatly appreciate the time and
energy you have devoted to this effort. We regret to inform you that based on our
review of your application materials we are unable to invite you to interview.

We received almost 9,000 applications to Teach For America this deadline and
although we are unable to provide individualized feedback explaining admissions
decisions to each applicant, we can assure you that decisions are made as
judiciously and thoroughly as possible and that each application is read carefully.
While we would like to accommodate all interested applicants, it is not possible for
us
to interview all of the individuals that apply to our program.

We encourage you to pursue your demonstrated interest in expanding opportunities for
children and effecting social change. For those interested in pursuing other ways
to make a difference, we have posted a list of resources to consider on our website
at www.teachforamerica.org/documents/opportunities_for_change.pdf. Although this
list is by no means comprehensive, we do hope that it will serve as a useful
reference guide to help you explore other
ways to contribute to this effort.


We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

Sincerely,

Teach For America Admissions

my first rejection from a postgrad opportunity...and its not even the end of winter quarter. stay tuned...we'll be back after these messages =/