<p>Ahem:</p>
<p>[Kit</a> (given name) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_(given_name)]Kit”>Kit (given name) - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>And, Kit most certainly is not a distinctly Asian name.</p>
<p>i would be livid</p>
<p>yo why don’t you facebook stalk him/her? maybe that’ll be helpful? </p>
<p>Kit could be Kittisak–which is Asian, although I know I botched the spelling.</p>
<p>In this case, I think the easiest route is to skip the introductory line. Just start the email with something like “I appreciate the email, and would be very grateful to interview with you for Columbia.”</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the advice.
cerberus08- There wasn’t much of an introduction, but he/she graduated in the class of 2000.
The “Dear Kit” approach seems to be the best option.</p>
<p>confidentialcoll- I believe I did answer my own question. Only upon further inspection of the e-mail did I notice his use of “alumnus.” Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>If it turns out to be a woman who used ‘alumnus,’ school her on latin endings:</p>
<p>(repeat after me, bizzatch!)</p>
<p>A
AE
AE
AM
A
.
AE
ARUM
IS
AS</p>
<h2>IS</h2>
<p>US
I
O
UM
O
.
I
ORUM
IS
OS
IS</p>
<p>etc.</p>
<p>go latin! 10 char</p>
<p>this is kind of strange…</p>
<p>nahshimshimhaeyo?</p>
<p>I can speak some conversational korean, and to my knowledge that phrase sounds very much like someone saying “I’m lonely/bored”. I think this request isn’t completely… earnest.</p>
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<p>i didn’t start this thread? btw it doesn’t mean i’m lonely. just i’m bored</p>
<p>Wow after all that it turned out to be a woman. I guess I now have the responsibility of telling her the mistake.</p>
<p>Tell her what alumnus means. ;)</p>
<p>wow…after all those posts</p>
<p>you should print up all these posts and bring it to her and let her know all the trouble she caused for you. itll also let her know how inquisitive you are for the truth</p>