Talk About Self Education?

[DorkRawk]

I finished my masters degree in March, but I'll be applying for Fall 2012 PhD programs (in Computer Science), so while I won't be in school I will be doing a lot of self educational work to better prepare myself for PhD work. This includes working through math books, reading various papers from labs I'm interested in, and learning from MIT Open Courseware classes. Would it sound weird to mention this type of work in a SoP? While it isn't really verifiable to the ad com, I would think that being self motivated enough to peruse education outside of the classroom would be perceived as a good thing, right? Is this something I should delve into more deeply in my SoP or should it just be a passing sentence or 2?

[lyonessrampant]

I'd work it into the first paragraph identifying your interests and showing how your ongoing individual work (mention some specifics) has helped you hone those interests. I wouldn't spend more than a couple of sentences on it, but I do think that putting it in your first paragraph is a good idea.