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Rule 497(j)
Reg. No. 333-33506
Pursuant to Rule 497 (j) promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Select Equity Trust The Competitive Edge Best Ideas Portfolio
Series 2000-2 hereby certifies as follows:
1) the form of the prospectus that would have been filed
under paragraph (b) of Rule 497 does not differ from that
contained in the most recent amendment to the registration
statement, and
2) the text of the said amendment to the registration
statement has been filed electronically.
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER
SELECT EQUITY TRUST
THE COMPETITIVE EDGE BEST
IDEAS PORTFOLIO SERIES 2000-2
(Registrant)
By: Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
/s/Thomas Hines
Thomas Hines
Authorized Signatory
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
