[Found a good Computer Science example SoP. (Accepted to MIT, Princeton, Washington)]

plz can you post this sop - Mihai Patrascu wasaccepted to MIT, Princeton, and U Washington. I hope this is helpful to others who are applying to CS PhD programs.

[Found a good Computer Science example SoP. (Accepted to MIT, Princeton, Washington)]

I found what I think is a good example computer science PhD Statement of Purpose. Using this Statement of Purpose, Mihai Patrascu was accepted to MIT, Princeton, and U Washington. I hope this is helpful to others who are applying to CS PhD programs.

I think this SoP is "pretty good." It uses good grammar to tell a coherent story. The author's admission to some really good schools suggests that this is a good SoP. However, I have a few questions about this SoP...

1. This SoP begins by discussing the Romanian National Olympiad. Winning this competition several times is very impressive, but I wonder if it would be better to begin the essay with 2-3 sentences about research goals. My rationale is that, if the introduction doesn't discuss research, the reviewer might not finish reading the SoP. What do other people think?

2. I've been fortunate to have had the opportunity meet with with a department head at Stanford. She told me that, despite the typical 2 to 3 page SoP space limitation, I should make sure to limit my SoP to one page. The rationale is that reviewers are busy, and they probably won't read the SoP carefully if it's very long. Does Mihai Patrascu's SoP strike other people as being too long?

3. This SoP talks a lot about past and current research, which is good. However, no potential graduate advisors or research groups are discussed. Is this a problem?

Also, if anyone has found successful (e.g. admitted) computer science statements of purpose, feel free to share them here!

plz can you post this sop