Anikeeva grew up in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the child of engineers, and showed brilliance from an early age. She was admitted to a selective science magnet school, but she briefly considered pursuing a career in art. “I was about 15 years old when I was choosing between professional a...
However, it’s important to note that because MIT is an especially selective school, in the end even high GRE scores or a perfect GPA can’t guarantee you’ll be admitted. Now, let’s take a look at some of the most important factors that can affect your chances of admission to MIT....
and has been dubbed "most selective" by U.S. News, admitting few transfer students and 6.7% of its applicants in the 2017-2018 admissions cycle.MIT offers 44 undergraduate degrees across its five schools. In the 2017–2018 academic year, 1,045 bachelor...
Selective breeding and cross-pollination have been used by farmers for centuries to bring out certain traits in their crops. In the 20th century, researchers turned things up a notch and began using mutagenesis—using chemicals or radiation to cause random mutations, some of which were beneficial....
Because it is a science heavy school, M.I.T. requires a very specific kind of educational preparation. Still, its admissions results could put pressure on other schools, particularly Harvard and the University of North Carolina, to demonstrate results consistent with those of M.I.T. Otherwise,...
“Joshua Glenn’s admirable Radium Age series [is] devoted to early- 20th-century science fiction and fantasy. Highly recommended.”— Michael Dirda,Washington Post| “For about 15 years now, Joshua Glenn has been banging the drum for the historical and literary value of ‘proto-SF’ published...
That is the main finding of a new study co-authored by anMITprofessor, based on multiple experiments with news consumers. The researchers call this unintended consequence — in which the selective labeling of false news makes other news stories seem more legitimate — the “implied-truth effect”...
With that said, I believe, like Phil, in an "non-money selective" educational system. Yet, I am faced with problematic questions when I try to envisage alternatives. Free or quasi-free schools have one drawback: they have to be financed mainly by public funds i.e. taxpayers, even if...
In the summer of 2021, Pandai was accepted to the Y Combinator (YC) program. For those who are not familiar with the global startup scene, getting into YC is akin to getting into an Ivy League university for your undergraduate studies. It is selective and prestigious. ...
Ready for a world in which a $50 DNA test can predict your odds of earning a PhD or forecast which toddler gets into a selective preschool? Robert Plomin, a behavioral geneticist, says that’s exactly what’s coming. For decades genetic researchers have sought the hereditary factor...