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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the use of our report dated October 31, 2000, accompanying
the financial statement of the Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Select Equity Trust
Select 5 Industrial Portfolio 2000-6 (Registration Statement No. 333-47620),
included herein and to the reference to our Firm as experts under the heading
"Independent Auditors" in the Prospectus which is a part of this Registration
Statement.
Grant Thornton LLP
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Grant Thornton LLP
Chicago, Illinois
October 31, 2000
