To:
From: "Daniel Hastings and Larry Benedict" <mitsurveys@mit.edu>
Subject: MIT Enrolled Student Survey

Dear [FIRSTNAME],

Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about various
aspects of their academic and student life experience. The faculty and
administrators pay close attention to this information since it is
vital to MIT's future and our commitment to excellence.

This survey is cosponsored by the Provost, the Dean for Undergraduate
Education, and the Dean for Student Life, and is being administered
simultaneously at a number of peer institutions, allowing us to make
valuable comparisons. I am asking you to help MIT have a strong
representation in the data that are analyzed in this project.

The survey is entirely voluntary. You may answer as few or as many
questions as you wish. The survey requires the use of MIT certificates
for authentication. The data will be treated as confidential, no one
will be personally identified, and all results will be reported in
summary.  

Everyone who answers the survey will receive a $10 incentive. On the
last page of the survey, you will be given the opportunity to pick one
of three incentives.

The survey takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. To access the
survey, please go to the following URL: 
[INSERT LINK]

Thank you very much for your help with this project.

Yours truly,

Daniel Hastings
Dean for Undergraduate Education

Larry Benedict
Dean for Student Life
To:
From: "Larry Benedict and Daniel Hastings" <mitsurveys@mit.edu>
Subject: $10 for input on MIT survey

Dear [FIRSTNAME],

Recently you received an invitation asking for your help with a survey
MIT is conducting with thirty-one colleges and universities.
According to our records, you have not yet completed the
survey. Surveys like this give students an opportunity to make their
voices heard and permit us to compare our institutional situation with
that of similar schools. 

The survey is entirely voluntary. You may answer as few or as many
questions as you wish. The data will be treated as confidential, no
one will be personally identified, and all results will be reported in
summary only.  

The survey takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. I encourage you
to fill it out as soon as possible. As a thank you for filling out the
survey, you may pick one of three incentives, valued at $10, on the
last page of the survey.

To access the survey, please go to the following URL: [INSERT LINK]

Thank you in advance for taking the time to provide important feedback
to MIT.


Yours truly,

Larry Benedict
Dean for Student Life

Daniel Hastings
Dean for Undergraduate Education

To:
From: "Jag Patel" <mitsurveys@mit.edu>
Subject: MIT Enrolled Student Survey -- don't pass up $10

Dear [FIRSTNAME],

So far, we have a 53% response rate (61% Freshmen; 57% Sophomores; 51%
Juniors; 47% Seniors). I hope that you will take a few minutes to
respond before the survey closes the first week of March. Everyone who
completes the survey will receive $10; on the last page of the survey,
you will be asked to pick one of three incentives. Based on responses
to date, 77% have chosen TechCash, 17% have chosen Amazon.com, and 6%
have chosen to make a donation to the MIT Public Service Center.

The survey is entirely voluntary. You may answer as few or as many
questions as you wish. The data will be treated as confidential, no
one will be personally identified, and all results will be reported in
summary only.  

To access the survey, please go to the following personal URL:
[INSERT LINK]

This is a unique link assigned to you; please do not share it with
others.


Thanks for taking the time to respond!

Jagruti S. Patel '97
Senior IT Consultant