Recent content by preachingpirate24

Yeah.. no it isn't. I suppose I'll learn how to solve this once I study some higher mathematics at college. Thanks!

What about the center of the plastic sphere then?

I have a follow up question. What if I have a uniformly charged plastic shell with a positive point charge inside it at the center? The field is easy to find in this case using a Gaussian surface inside the plastic shell. But when I bring another positive charge close to the border of the shell...

If I take a Gaussian surface through the material of the conductor and the extra positive charge is outside the radius of this surface, the Electric Field is 0 since the net charge enclosed by it is 0. If I take a Gaussian surface with a radius larger than that of the larger sphere, I find that...

But wouldn't the extra positive charge create a net electric field pointing inwards in the conducting material? Or am I thinking along the wrong lines?

Let's say I place a positive point charge inside a hollow conducting sphere. If we take a Gaussian surface through the material of the conductor, we know the field inside the material of the conductor is 0, which implies that there is a -ve charge on the inner wall to make the net enclosed...

I'm not saying its more realistic. Thank you for being one of the only people here actually helping me out. Okay, how many times do I have to say this? I'm not aiming solely for MIT. I'm not desperate to get into MIT. I'm trying to say that I will still try to get into MIT, however bad the...

It IS easier to get into MIT instead of an IIT. Just because we have a lot of IITs here doesn't mean it's easier, we also have a much larger population competing for seats at these institutes. But fair enough. I get it, it's hard, and I probably won't get selected. Thanks for your time.

Can you give me a few examples of schools in other countries that are need blind and offer need based aid? That would really help. And yeah, I have options like IISERs in my country but MIT is where I really want to end up.

I've seen Indian people reply to questions related to this on the web and some of them didn't really have anything that made them stand out. They barely had any extracurriculars but had great grades is all, and they got selected. First answer, Awnit Singh And also, they don't sort by region...

Thanks for the advice. I'm obsessing over it because MIT and Harvard are need blind + offer financial aid based on need + are easier to get into than an IIT. My family really couldn't afford to pay for another college which doesn't offer need based aid which is what motivates me to aim for...

Is there anything I can do now to help my chances?

Of course it's not a safety school. It's at the top of my list. If I get in there, I'd be really glad. I'm not even going to aim to get to an IIT - there are other options like going to an IISER or NIT, but they're not as great as options in the US like Harvard and Caltech.

I get where the sass is coming from and I realize that it's near impossible to get there, but I'm also pretty sure that half the people who send their applications to MIT to study there for their undergrad from my country can't express themselves really well, no offense to them lol. Plus, most...

Hey. I'm Niranjan. I'm an Indian high school student in 11th right now, and Physics and CS are the only subjects that get me excited right now. Well, that's about it. :)