Pre-Learning Math Can Kick Off a Virtuous Cycle

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The greatest educational life hack is learning math ahead of time.

Why learn math ahead of time?

Because it guards you against numerous academic risks and it opens up all kinds of doors to career opportunities.

When you pre-learn the material in a math course before taking it at school or college, you guard yourself against all sorts of risks, such as the course moving too quickly, explaining things poorly, assuming knowledge of prerequisite material… the list goes goes on and on.

That’s especially true at university when lectures are often unsuitable for first introduction to a topic.

But if you pre-learn the material, then you’re not depending on the teacher to teach it to you, which means you’re immune to even the worst teaching.

Of course, the natural objection is, won’t you be bored in class?

But here’s the thing: if you do super well in advanced classes, especially at university, then that opens all kinds of doors to recommendations for internships, projects with professors, and so on.

Basically, you can use pre-learning to kick off a virtuous cycle.

Even if you aren’t a genius, you appear to be one in everyone else’s eyes, and consequently, you get a ticket to those opportunities reserved for top students.

Students who receive and capitalize on these opportunities can launch themselves into some of the most interesting, meaningful, and lucrative careers that are notoriously difficult to break into.

Further Reading: The Greatest Educational Life Hack: Learning Math Ahead of Time

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