Recent content by Ivilean

No, you were not born with out-of-this-world math skills, but you can be born with extraordinary affinity to number, abstract reasoning, spatial visualization, etc, the kind of stuff that allow you to learn "math" faster, to grasp abstract concepts easier rather than agonizing over them for days...

No one thinks we are a little bit too old for the "all men are created equal" argument? It was nice back in middle school, but now it only sounds funny. Seriously, how exactly can such thing be made possible? People just delude themselves that there is no such thing as innate talent. While...

They don't literally have a quota, at least not in a sense that they will and will only take a specific number of students from each country. There are certain thresholds people already mentioned above that one must pass to be seriously considered for admission. But once you pass it, it all...

It doesn't look good. It seems as if MIT doesn't have much annual quota for South Africa. Based on the statistics, MIT may probably take one student from your country per year, namely they may take more should they find someone really interesting or they may take none should none pass their...

What are you whining about? I know tons of people with way more disadvantaged background (third-world countries) who make it to top programs. Sure they have to work somewhat harder and be somewhat more talented to achieve it. But that is how you compensate for not paying half a million, not...