2/23 I'm applying to Grad School this fall and I want to write a good
letter of intent. Is there a decent book/web site that explains
how one might go about writing a good letter of intent?
I'm applying to EE at the farm, UCSC, SJSU and MSE at Cal and
CalTech.
I don't need to hear about how academics sux and industry is
k3w1. I work in industry, I want and advanced degree so I can
advance faster and do research work for my company.
\_ The books suk. Just post your draft on /csua/tmp and
let your CSUA compadres "help" you.
\_ bah. Post draft to motd.
\_ Did you just have you letter of intent up there? You want to
good to grad school to make more money.
go to grad school to make more money.
\_ Yeah, but grad schools don't want to hear that. They
want to hear how I am interested in doing research and
science and stuff like that. They don't give a shit
about people like me who want a grad degree in order
to help them build & patent neat stuff for thier companies
so that they can retire early and possibly contribute
to the alumni fund.
\_ Well, do you know what research group you want to land in at
those schools? This is what you need to find out first.
Instead of chossing schools by reputation, show them
you pick them because you and the group have common interests.
Then tell them why you can contribute.
\_ Thanks for the advice. I'll search the EE depts.
looking for a match.
I'm mainly interested in network congestion modeling
and low latency route switching (ie MPLS-NG) along
with some advanced OS theory.
Since I'm looking to get the 1 yr MS or the 2 yr
ME, I don't know how convincing I can be about
the research part as I'd be doing most of the work
for my company not for the school.
\_ Look at Stanford's CSL group. Stanford does
have the STIIN co-op thing.
\_ try http://www.google.com/search?q=%22computer+science%22+%22statement+of+purpose%22+MS+Phd |
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