Comments on: My Statement of Purpose http://chaoticneutron.com/2005/08/17/my-statement-of-purpose/ Chance, Neutrons, Philosophies, Poetry and more... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Vijay http://chaoticneutron.com/2005/08/17/my-statement-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Vijay Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:58:00 +0000 http://www.sublimewill.com/blog/personal/?p=95#comment-83 dude. Try to get professional work recos as much as possible. Real work recos are more valuable than acad recos. Try to get 2-2 or 3-1.<BR/><BR/>And forget about the acads for now. I had a gpa of 7.6. Not very high. But i did have some good projects and guess that got me through.<BR/><BR/>I know that you did some good projects back in college. Use them. Attach a copy of your paper along with your application. If you have a sample code that you are proud of, something very slick, put it in a CD and send it too. All this shows that you care. And that's what is important.<BR/><BR/>And ofcourse in your SOP, write about how much you want to do this and that after 4 yrs of work, you still want to do a PhD !<BR/><BR/>You have a very good chance man ! If you are applying to TAMU, let me know .. Will get you some info .. dude. Try to get professional work recos as much as possible. Real work recos are more valuable than acad recos. Try to get 2-2 or 3-1.

And forget about the acads for now. I had a gpa of 7.6. Not very high. But i did have some good projects and guess that got me through.

I know that you did some good projects back in college. Use them. Attach a copy of your paper along with your application. If you have a sample code that you are proud of, something very slick, put it in a CD and send it too. All this shows that you care. And that’s what is important.

And ofcourse in your SOP, write about how much you want to do this and that after 4 yrs of work, you still want to do a PhD !

You have a very good chance man ! If you are applying to TAMU, let me know .. Will get you some info ..

]]> By: Vijay http://chaoticneutron.com/2005/08/17/my-statement-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Vijay Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:23:00 +0000 http://www.sublimewill.com/blog/personal/?p=95#comment-82 really a mess... I intend to pursue PhD in Computer Networks... but I dont know how do I relate my work ex which was in more of computer architecture / Operating Systems related stuff... and I have gap of 4 years... <BR/>I think I can get one decent reco from SSK (hod, as I have published one paper in an international conf. under him in networks) and other from one lecturer MSB(but she is not a PhD), third one from my Project Lead, fourth from BV (comp.sci prof, but I havent done any research work under him, but he has a reputation of giving good reco to everyone)...<BR/>gre came out to be 1440 (640V + 800Q) but the GPA is fucked up (7.57)...<BR/>I am totally relying on my SOP (luckily if that is given sufficient weightage, I think I have a chance in top 40)<BR/>as far as my preference is concerned, I dont really mind wasting my four years of work exp. for the sake of pursuing PhD... after all I am saving the rest of my life from being dumped... I took this decision when was made team lead and frankly I dont have any idea of what my company's core technology is, ofcourse, not less of my project work... really a mess… I intend to pursue PhD in Computer Networks… but I dont know how do I relate my work ex which was in more of computer architecture / Operating Systems related stuff… and I have gap of 4 years…
I think I can get one decent reco from SSK (hod, as I have published one paper in an international conf. under him in networks) and other from one lecturer MSB(but she is not a PhD), third one from my Project Lead, fourth from BV (comp.sci prof, but I havent done any research work under him, but he has a reputation of giving good reco to everyone)…
gre came out to be 1440 (640V + 800Q) but the GPA is fucked up (7.57)…
I am totally relying on my SOP (luckily if that is given sufficient weightage, I think I have a chance in top 40)
as far as my preference is concerned, I dont really mind wasting my four years of work exp. for the sake of pursuing PhD… after all I am saving the rest of my life from being dumped… I took this decision when was made team lead and frankly I dont have any idea of what my company’s core technology is, ofcourse, not less of my project work…

]]> By: Vijay http://chaoticneutron.com/2005/08/17/my-statement-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Vijay Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:58:00 +0000 http://www.sublimewill.com/blog/personal/?p=95#comment-81 Thanks da ... How's your SOP coming along ?! Thanks da … How’s your SOP coming along ?!

]]> By: Vijay http://chaoticneutron.com/2005/08/17/my-statement-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Vijay Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:42:00 +0000 http://www.sublimewill.com/blog/personal/?p=95#comment-80 that was one hell of a sop... that was one hell of a sop…

]]> By: Vijay http://chaoticneutron.com/2005/08/17/my-statement-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Vijay Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:37:00 +0000 http://www.sublimewill.com/blog/personal/?p=95#comment-79 Well yes i did ;)<BR/><BR/>For the record, "I did write this when i was influenced by a mind numbing, heart slowing session of you know what." (Read my previous post for a hint!)<BR/><BR/>And i did really enjoy where i was, what i was going to do and the words just flowed like i wanted it to ... Well yes i did ;)

For the record, “I did write this when i was influenced by a mind numbing, heart slowing session of you know what.” (Read my previous post for a hint!)

And i did really enjoy where i was, what i was going to do and the words just flowed like i wanted it to …

]]> By: Sudhakar http://chaoticneutron.com/2005/08/17/my-statement-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Sudhakar Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:31:00 +0000 http://www.sublimewill.com/blog/personal/?p=95#comment-78 You didn't mention that you wrote this SOP under influence ;) You didn’t mention that you wrote this SOP under influence ;)

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