# How to Write a Bad Statement for a Computer Science Ph.D. Admissions Application

DevFeed: [How to Write a Bad Statement for a Computer Science Ph.D. Admissions Application](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-write-a-bad-statement-for-a-computer-science-ph-d-admissions-application-33700.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/2015/10/how-to-write-a-bad-statement-for-a-computer-science-phd-admissions-application.html>)

Author: Andy Pavlo

Published: 2015-10-01T13:46:23Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Andy Pavlo - Carnegie Mellon University](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/andy-pavlo-carnegie-mellon-university.md>)

Topics: [Computer science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [computer-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science.md>), [examples](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/examples.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [statement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/statement.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses examples of poor statements of purpose submitted to CMU's computer science Ph.D. admissions committee. It explains why childhood "boy genius" openings are considered irrelevant and unpersuasive.

## Source excerpt

Andy discuss examples of bad statements sent to CMU's Ph.D. admissions committee in hope that others don't make the same mistake.