Posts by byrtis

byrtis

Oct 28, 2011

Graduate / Introducton/Research/Pre-undergraduate/Work/Academics - Is my Essay too long? [3]

Well, truth is...I was losing my dad to liver disease and I was really distraught. I came back home n after checking it up on a diagnostic website, I was finally able to just... Think!!!! And thats what iv written about.. How i felt then...what that machine's output meant to me and just how i want to create machines like those that can help humanity with a lot of its questions..

byrtis

Oct 27, 2011

Graduate / Introducton/Research/Pre-undergraduate/Work/Academics - Is my Essay too long? [3]

Hello, sorry I'm not posting my essay right now because its kind of too cursory to show here!

Well, this is how the flow goes:

Introduction Hook/Why am I applying... 327 words
Research work...motivation 146 words
Pre-Undergraduate years 89 words
Talking about my work in a startup company 151 words
Internship/Introduction to the university 107 words
Academic Life/Extra-curricular accolades 169 words
Research Goals/Talking about what I know about the university and their research work/What I plan to do there 190 words
Final Thoughts/ Some parental Background 180 words

I'm applying for a masters in computer science. Problem is... My SOP is just too long! 8171 characters, 1360 odd words! Now, the college says 2 pages which with the help of fonts I've reduced it to. Where do you think I might be overstating myself.... I'm actually rather worried about posting my essay online coz its kind of very personal. Please, if you can help me here... please do. I've got a lot in my profile n I need to find some way to convey it without shooting myself!