The Greatest Educational Life Hack: Learning Math Ahead of Time

Learning math early guards you against numerous academic risks and opens all kinds of doors to career opportunities.

Why learn math ahead of time?

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

Minimizing Risk

You know how, when you take a language class, there’s often a couple kids who speak the language at home and think the class is super easy?

You can do that with math.

Learning math ahead of time basically guarantees an A and guards against all sorts of risks such as the teacher not knowing the content very well or otherwise not being able to explain it well.

This is especially helpful at university, when lectures are often unsuitable for a first introduction to a topic.

Opening Doors

Of course, the natural objection is “won’t you be bored in class?” – but if you do super well in advanced classes, especially at university, then that opens all kinds of doors to recommendations for internships, research projects with professors, etc.

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.

Maximizing Reward

Learning math early also gives students the opportunity to delve into a wide variety of specialized fields that are usually reserved for graduates with strong mathematical foundations.

This fast-tracks students towards discovering their passions, developing valuable skills in those domains, and making professional contributions early in their careers, which ultimately leads to higher levels of career accomplishment.

And while it’s true that students don’t need to know much beyond algebra to get a job in fields like computer science, medicine, etc. – the people in such fields who do also know advanced math are extra valuable and in demand because they can work on projects that combine domain expertise and math.