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Berkeley的PS建议 果断听从
Determine your purpose in writing the statement

Usually the purpose is to persuade the admissions committee that you are an applicant who should be chosen. Whatever its purpose, the content must be presented in a manner that will give coherence to the whole statement.
Pay attention to the purpose throughout the statement so that extraneous material is left out.
    Pay attention to the audience (committee) throughout the statement. Remember that your audience is made up of professionals in their field, and you are not going to tell them how they should act or what they should be. You are the amateur.

Determine the content of your statement

Be sure to answer any questions fully. Analyze the questions or guidance statements for the essay completely and answer all parts. Usually graduate and professional schools are interested in the following matters, although the form of the question(s) and the responses may vary:

    Your purpose in graduate study. Think this through before you try to answer the question.
    The area of study in which you wish to specialize. Learn about the field in detail so that you are able to state your preferences using the language of the field.
    Your intended future use of your graduate study. Include your career goals and plans for the future.
    Your unique preparation and fitness for study in the field. Correlate your academic background with your extracurricular experience to show how they unite to make you a special candidate.
    Any problems or inconsistencies in your records or scores, such as a bad semester. Explain in a positive manner. Since this is a rebuttal argument, it should be followed by a positive statement of your abilities. In some instances, it may be more appropriate to discuss this outside of the personal statement.
    Any special conditions that are not revealed elsewhere in the application, such as a significant (35 hour per week) workload outside of school. This, too, should be followed with a positive statement about yourself and your future.
    You may be asked, "Why do you wish to attend this school?" Research the school and describe its special appeal to you.
    Above all, this statement should contain information about you as a person. They know nothing about you unless you tell them. You are the subject of the statement.

Determine your approach and style of the statement

There is no such thing as "the perfect way to write a statement." There is only the one that best fits you.

DO

    Be objective, yet self-revelatory. Write directly and in a straightforward manner that tells about your experience and what it means to you. Do not use "academese."
    Form conclusions that explain the value and meaning of your experience, such as what you learned about yourself and your field and your future goals. Draw your conclusions from the evidence your life provides.
    Be specific. Document your conclusions with specific instances. See below a list of general words and phrases to avoid using without explanation.
    Get to the point early on and catch the attention of the reader.
    Limit its length to two pages or less. In some instances it may be longer, depending on the school's instructions.

DON'T

    Use the "what I did with my life" approach.
    Use the "I've always wanted to be a _____" approach.
    Use a catalog of achievements. This is only a list of what you have done, and tells nothing about you as a person.
    Lecture the reader. For example, you should not write a statement such as "Communication skills are important in this field." Any graduate admissions committee member knows that.

Words and phrases to avoid without explanation
significant
interesting
challenging
satisfying/satisfaction
appreciate
invaluable
exciting/excited
enjoyable/enjoy
feel good
appealing to me
appealing aspect
I like it
it's important
I can contribute
meant a lot to me
stimulating
incredible
gratifying
fascinating
meaningful
helping people
I like helping people
remarkable
rewarding
useful
valuable
helpful

既要写出一些high level的东西，又要写自己的项目，还要兼顾建议中的问题。
现在的进度是就差说Why do you wish to attend this school?了，这个在每份PS中都应该不同的。
在这个帖子http://www.1point3acres.com/bbs/thread-1065-1-1.html里面，lz提到：
至于是否提到老师的名字和研究，“那这样吧，如果对方就一个老师研究我感兴趣的方向，或者前期陶瓷表示要我的意思，我就写他的名字。
其他的我都写研究方向，综合几个类似方向教授的研究兴趣写。“这个说的很好，现在就是确定老师想不想要我了。明天先问几个教授，然后整出PS version1。然后让别人深度润色润色好了。恩！

联系教授要困难的多啊 今天把目标narrow down到看完最心仪教授的paper提出自己的想法好伐。

在“关于cs@colorado-boulder的一点信息”这篇帖子中提到

我刚参加了它家的open house，了解了一些信息，和大家分享一下。
1，他们只是审完了地址在美国的申请者（open house的原因），一个committee里的人告诉我国际生会在两个星期内出结果
2，就学术而言确实不能和牛校比。但是他们faculty手上的项目和资金很多的。和industry的联系也很紧密。从这个也可以看出来这个学校的定位。还是比较实在的一个学校。因为教授手上资金比较多，70％多的incoming phd是有RA的

。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。

4，boulder地理位置其实不错，当地就有不少高科技公司，google，ibm都有分部，有好几个国家实验室，还有很多start-ups。denver那里也很多。boulder本身也是个非常漂亮的城市。公共交通很发达，离denver很近，生活很方便。每年有300天以上是晴天。这里更是户外运动爱好者的天堂。白人比例很高，黑人比例很少。（但是嬉皮士比较多）

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介于本人懒得不行的本性，特此搜到列宾的一封陶瓷模板，嘿嘿搬来就用。。。
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[About XXX(项目名)] Greetings!

Dear Prof. John Smith,

My name is XXX, XXX, a third-year student in XXX University, China. I'm planning on pursuing a PhD/Master Degree in the U.S and your program caught my eye.

Do you mind giving me some more information on the program, as well as maybe some statistics? or point me to some one who would have such information.

Besides that, I recently read some publications on the topic of (你感兴趣的方向) and am very interested, do you think maybe you could suggest some good books or publications for beginners, please?
Thanks a lot for your time! Have a good one!

Best,

XXX,XXX

plus， bigthink牛牛的建议：

   In the mail write something more specific. Just make the prof feel this letter is written exactly for him/her, but not for every prof. in the department.
   

不行啊 还要读一篇

大概看了教授的两篇论文，有了自己的一点想法，并且能够和自己的研究进行结合，已经写好了自己的想法。明天就要发email了，wish me luck~~

地里一个大牛的陶瓷经历：

说说我的经历，陶瓷信几十封，回复三，一个隔一周说不招人，一个当天模板回，一个比较正面（过两天要到大陆约我见面）。陶瓷这东西要看人品，一般PI每天无数封邮件，哪有闲工夫回你？而且，陶瓷的人多，他自然要设置屏蔽装置，有可能你的邮件就变成垃圾邮件了。而且，有些老师自己博士生的邮件都懒得回，更不用说我们了。所以，陶瓷要看人品的，没回复很正常，不用着急。隔一周再发一封，如果不回，就放弃吧。陶瓷信也不用写太长，人家懒得看，而且要体现出你是对他真的感兴趣，而且有一定了解。所以，必然涉及学术内容。我认识一人，她陶瓷基本百发百中，秘诀是写一封邮件要好几天，先要看别人很多文章，分析，得到观点，再组织语言。看来真是一份耕耘，一分收获。
另外，别关心有用没用的问题。邮箱放在那不用拿来干啥呢。反正没坏处。说不定就撞大运了。

哇哇哇，下面的陶瓷信真心好！

Dear Professor Nemo,
I will be finishing a BS degree in Underwater Mathematics at the Atlantis
Deep Ocean University this year. I am considering applying to UVa's PhD
program and would be interested joining your Octople Cryptology research
group.
I found your paper, "A Linear-Time Solution to the Travelling Sea Urchin
Problem", on your website (http://www.smith.org/urchin.html). I was
fascinated by your result, especially as I have spent several summers
studying the similar travelling sea cucumber problem as an intern at
Microshifty Corp in the Attle Sea. You can find a paper about my work on
this at http://www.flipper.com/research/tscp.html.
I believe your result is even more important than your paper implies,
since it can be extended to solve the Travelling Salescritter Problem and
thus to prove P = NP.
Do you think it would be worthwhile to pursue this line of research? If
you are interested, I can send you a proof sketch.
Regards,
Flipper Wordsfish (flipper@adou.edu)