You have been invited to attend an interview for a place studying a course in a college. Unfortunately, because of a previous appointment, you cannot come at the time they wish. Write a letter to the admissions tutor: • explain your position • apologies and offer to come on another day or later the same day. • ask how long the interview will be and whether there will be any tests during it. You do NOT need to write your own address. You should write at least 150 words.

Dear Admission Tutor, I am writing to
apologies
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for the
interview
which has scheduled on coming Tuesday 20th March 2019 at 10 AM in the morning regarding choosing study course in your renowned
collage
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college
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. I am really thankful to you for scheduling
this
meeting
however
, I am not able to attend the meeting due to some personal work which is unavoidable. My uncle is hospitalized and
in
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20th
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he will undergo a minor surgery at 9:30 AM and I have to present there for taking all the paper works and other
hospital related
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activities. I am really very sorry for
this
unavoidable situation. The course meeting/
interview
is very much important for me and I am not wanting to waste it, so I am asking is there any way you can reschedule it to another
day
or later on that
day
? I hope my work will be
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up by 11:30 AM so if you reschedule it after 12 on the same
day
then
I can able to attend that. If you want to schedule it on another
day
that
also
works fine for me. I will really appreciate if you reschedule the meeting or change the timing based on your available schedule. One
last
thing, just for curiosity, can you please tell me how long the
interview
will
last
approximately or is there any test I have to give during the
interview
process? I am asking
this
because
this
interview
is related to collage course selection, so I am bit curious.
Finally
, I am really very sorry for
this
and I hope you will forgive my unavoidable circumstances and allow me a new
interview
date. Yours Sincerely. Subhrajyoti Das.
Submitted by Subhrajyoti on

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Admissions tutor
  • previous appointment
  • regret any inconvenience
  • reschedule
  • appreciate your understanding
  • alternative date/time
  • interview duration
  • conduct any tests
  • prior commitment
  • express gratitude
  • demonstrate interest
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