The MIT Challenge is Complete
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- You can access the results of every exam and download the code from every assignment and project I completed at the challenge homepage: www.scotthyoung...
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Scott, could you make a new series? and to know if you get a job related to all you studied, experiences, life style changes after all this 5 years, a github link to organized curriculum?
Social isolation is best time to learn something new...
Hei, Just telling you that your hard work is still inspiring people in September 2020. Thanks Scott.
Man, you did it 4 years ago, but I've just discovered your channel right now. I was planning to do a similar challenge to learn physics from MIT, and your videos are really inspiring me. Congratulations, you prooved that it's possible, you're an example for all of us
I was trying to do the same thing. You found the/a curriculum for physics? What about other resources besides the MIT lectures, notes..?
Thanks, Wish you Success. You got any blog I can follow?
Thank you :) As I said, I'm trying to organize my schedule better, because I'm an entrepreneur and also a high school student. But I think about posting videos about it in my youtube channel (/brtechinfo) in a soon future.
Abner Horn hi bro i am in high school too and i'm too doing physics can you help me like where to start and where to get books from freely can we make a fb group
Hi Hero, Fortunately I don't have facebook, but I can share with you the study plan, which includes the math knowledge that is required to get good at Physics. If you have Google Drive I can share it with you.
The Plan is very complete. From the lists of books, to high quality university lectures and even assignments and their solution (at least to some of the courses).
Comment your email down below and I will share the file with you. We can then chat if we are stuck. As of now I am studying Calculus, which is the first thing one would need to get started with the University level Physics.
I did all the programming assignments. The only class I missed (which depended on the version taken) was 6.046 the 2nd algorithms class. MIT's computer science curriculum is much more theory and math than most CS programs. You're welcome to look through the code yourself and compare!
dude stumbled upon you(I have no idea how) and you my friend are my hero. I love self studying. It's extremely exciting. Your journey have just inspired me to really save up for a year of learning computer science. Gosh just thinking about it now really excites me.
did you do it? what materials did you use to study?
Hes a con artist.
@@Billythek Evidence?
The RULES:
5:41coming up with an exciting and specific mission
5:43 building a curriculum and also
5:46 being public about your quest
Hey Scott. Thanks for opening my mind. It is always Awesome to know that there exists someone out there who is working REALLY HARD and want to share his Knowledge with the World!
Oh definitely. But a college education doesn't make you a master of anything, it just gives you a solid foundational base.
The secret of self learning is the FEYNMAN Technique...once you master it....u'll start enjoying the learning process,...its a great technique....tysm for sharing such a great idea...plz upload more n more videos on self learning n techniques..
As I mention in the FAQ, I did 4 CS college level classes, and I had done programming prior to entrance. That being said, I would wager many (if not most) MIT CS students had a similar level of knowledge going in. Most of what I learned wasn't directly programming but math and theory.
True. I wasn't expecting this video to be the main entry point to the challenge (since my TH-cam channel is mostly regulars) since I did a TEDx talk which clarifies the challenge a lot better. This video was meant mostly for the thousand or so people who stuck it out with me throughout the whole year.
Fantastic. Good job, you're obviously a very hard working guy and you have a very bright future.. You should be very proud and very excited!
You are a inspiration to everyone. It is a shame that less that 80,000 viewers have watched this video, because this is truely life changing.
You really inspired me.
Good luck.
Right now I'm studying technology and physics for spacetraveling in Germany and want to do it in 2 years instead of 3 ans everybody thinks I'm insane because it's even hard to handle in 3 years but I'm happy to see there are others that try similar endeavours.
That's awesome! Sudoku is a great problem because there's so many ways to solve it, so it is a good chance to practice different techniques. My favorite was using the problem as an excuse to build a SAT solver.
holy shit that's crazy, well done. you inspired me to look deeper into higher education. I am almost finished with a 2 year associate in computer programming, and feel a desire for a more academic and scientific role in society. I know I am more than capable of doing so, I just need to break these chains of self motivation that have held me back for so many years.
I love the self education concept,Great Job!
thank you so much! i was thinking about doing self-taught business class online, and i found your video. it's amazing!
Congratulations man. What a strong dude
Congratulations Dude. You did great.
Very cool. Going to College/University is a total waste of time for some people. I wasted years on a degree course when I already knew all the stuff they were teaching anyway - I'd taught myself to build commercial software and a lot of microprocessor/DSP systems as a teenager. These days getting yourself deeply in debt to get a degree means you're even further behind. If you're capable of doing what Scott has done, do it. Be entrepreneurial. You'll be way ahead of your peers and most importantly won't be stuck with a debt you'll be paying off for over half your professional career.
Yeah, but some companies ask for diploma and that sucks
Andy Grace action speaks louder than words
You have been a great inspiration for me as a pre-med student (paces). Now i'm actually looking forward to not just learn all i need to but also to branch out and learn more in a short amount of time. But i simply wish i could have found out about you sooner. Watching your videos have motivated me and given me insight on new methodologies as well as the right mindset. Thank you and , as we say in my school "bonne chance et bonne continuation".
Definitely. The core ideas are still the same, but I was forced to reorganize and become much more efficient in these constraints, so I definitely have more to say on that.
Your actions might just be the beginning of a revolution. Please you are our inspiration
Congratulations! You are great inspiration. Thanks so much! Keep it up!
Congratulations, I found you first time when I was interested in self studying some topics related computer science, these videos will surely help people who want to self study any topics themselves without enrolling in Universities.
Congratulations!! I've been following this since the beginning, and it's really inspiring to see you complete this challenge.
A living LEGEND
CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!
Well Done on Discipling yourself..,
Many thanks for the Inspiration !!
and Many thanks for this Nutshell Video !!!
I wish I'd be you right now, because I'm stuck to this fate for the next 4 years. But you motivate me to work on it, to get ahead of the class and learn the stuff you can learn by yourself, to gain a nice adventage over the rest. Thanks a lot for this video, you really did a great job doing this all by yourself.
So glad for you buddy . I will be using many of your methods in my A.S. In comp. science
Thanks, your challenge motivated me so much:D
Brilliant.
My new personal challenge: Improving from intermediate Japanese fluency to advanced fluency in the next 18 months.
you completed the entire MIT CS cirriculum in 12 months? Including Quantum Complexity Theory, Microelectromechanical Systems, Fundamentals of Photonics, Nanoelectronics? wow. (those classes are in the MIT CS 4 year degree cirriculum)
It might have changed since you went. Nanoelectronics (6.701), Photonics (6.602), and MEMS (6.777) are 3 of 28 possible Advanced Undergrad Subjects, of which 2 are required for the MIT CS 6-3. Scott did Machine Vision (6.801) and Comp Graphics (6.837) instead.
The other course you mentioned, QCT (6.845), is important to EE tracks but is in no way required by 6-3.
Fabulous! Congratulations and thank you for sharing it despite the demanding schedule. Here is wishing you bon voyage for your upcoming holiday .. enjoy!!
congrats!!!!!! I can't believe its been over a year already!
You really inspire me to learn. I admire your determination and motivation. I also wanna be computer sci too.... Going to mit is a dream of my for many yrs... U really rock!!! I wonder what other resouces you used to help ur self studies
I wanna go through this youtube channel in 1 month.seriously
Awesome, awesome, awesome. This is the first time I've heard about you and your challenge but Thank You for spreading your message and ethos. Looking forward to poring through your website to find some good resources.
I looked through them, there were some interesting latter topics on machine translation that might be interesting, but most of the content was already covered in my MIT AI class. Stanford's Machine Learning class is something I attempted to watch a few of in my pre-Challenge days, but the math was too hard for me. I think I'll go back at it now that I know what a Hessian matrix is.
You have been very inspring. Thank you for sharing!
Wow i just discovered your channel, you did a great job!!
Congratulations, your endeavor will no doubt be legendary in due time, and your experience in rapid self-education will be much craved when word of your accomplishment goes mainstream. Are you planning on petitioning MIT to give you a degree? You certainly deserve one.
I was thinking of doing the same thing.I found your video searching for m.i.t. computer science text books. I have started the challenge for myself. My mission is to build a video game platform while I am taking the challenge. Started today with free code academy and will be ordering textbooks from mit next week on pay day. Great video great challenge. I accept todays date is 3/8/2018 6 years after the this video was made.
Very inspiring, even as a typical student who is not doing such a challenge.
I want to take the MIT challenge on quantum mechanics. I believe when there's a will, there's a way.
Tranks for that last thing that you said
did you do it?
No, but if you're interested in doing something similar and getting a real degree, google Jay Cross and the DIYDegree, it extends my process to get a real bachelor's out of it.
Congratulations!
I think it's wonderful that you have shared this journey with us.
This encourages new ideas in its own project.
Thanks and good luck for your future plans.
j:-)
I'm not as interested in General AI since I think we're quite a ways off from that goal. But the current applications such as machine vision, translation, speech interpretation, etc.
I do agree that the math is very important, since the neats clearly won the big AI debate. But I'd rather build things that use variants of the mathematical ideas than prove theorems, as it's something I could start on now (whereas proving new useful theorems would require me to move up closer to the PhD level)
Awesome! Congratulations!
Awesome. You identified and executed a project which I was gravitating towards but hadn't yet conceived of. I will launch a very similar project very soon.
Congrats! I am going to start a short scale challenge of my own soon :)
This guy is awesome! So inspiring
Congrats Scott, super inspiring. Amuse-toi bien a Paris :)
HE DID IT OMG HE IS INSANE!
Possibly. I might do a few articles for Better Explained com on some of the CS topics.
Wow, I was planning to do same on it and could find your youtube channel.
I hope I can make it too and give respect and congratulation!
you may forget what you learn in such a fast pace.
Yes--but I see the Feynman Technique as more of a tool in gaining understanding rather than a review technique, as Cal's method is closer too (not to mention I use it more in technical classes, where as Quiz-and-Recall is designed for non-technical classes)
congratulations scott!
I didn't know Ryan Gosling was so intelligent.
I can help you solidify this idea. He pretty much has a minor in computer science before he started this, having done a business major I'm pretty sure he did calc I and II already, he considers 50% a pass (lol), easy maker, no way to make sure he actually didn't cheat (he has motive, he has books so sell on study techniques), It was 1 year 2 months according to what he admitted, no co-op this alone can take a year to do, finish a class in one week I don't think so.
i guess it's easy to go through all the classes and projects, but it's hard to evaluate how much of this "rushing through" will eventually transfer into practical skills. it might be a good way to explore new fields as a hobby or side project, but it may not replace college programs as this point
Congratulations Scott you rock :D
I'm undergrad now and i guess you know more than me. I think i should learn how to be efficient enough like you so that i can revise the subjects. I'm interested in AI too.
How did you find time to do this? As a community college student who works 6-days a week, I am trying to find a way to fit all of this into my schedule. Self-teaching myself higher-learning looks like a genius idea! Thanks for inspiring me, not too often does a youtube video have the potential to change a life.
Did you manage to succeed?!
@@jhonnie6778 Woah this is a blast from the past XD
Unfortunately I came down with medical issues around that time and it took about 8-years to get a handle on it, especially the financial consequences. I am back on the horse now and studying IT online so I guess now's a good time to re-watch this and get into the headspace :)
Thank you for your comment, I got an email about it and as I hadn't logged into this TH-cam account in years!
@@Bicc_Ziphishow about now? 3 months later
Luckily I posted all the material I'm using as a basis for these statements on the homepage so you don't have to believe me, you can go check!
Great! but how can I get the material that you studied i means the courses of MIT computer science for free....please help me thanks.
Hello sir,
Please make a list of the names of the books you used in your MIT challenge.
Thank you.
Haha, yes, this part amuses me the most. My last graduate class actually had a passing % of 35%, so the idea that 50% is arbitrarily low is interesting.
This is very inspiring. Everyone who wants big $ spent on education programs should know about your story. thanks.
I really think I am going to try this (or at least cover some of the junior and senior classes, since I just recently dropped out of CS as a sophomore)
I wish I had the discipline to do something like this. Good job.
Congrats! Your awesome!
I have an old channel: ScottHYoungVid which contains fewer videos, but is more general for my website. I think I'd rather keep this channel specific to this challenge.
Congratulations! You actually did it.
This is really inspiring! Thank you! Have a good time in Paris ;)
Well fucking done! This has truly inspired me to focus on developing my learning instead of "education".
Congratulations Man! Post a video of your graduation party!
I wish I had the time for a challenge like this
I am 3rd world 35y/o Bachelor living in Europa.
Now that a decade has passed. What insights could you give to people like me, that would love to learn and improve their careers, but that don't have the time and resources to drop a full time job to pursuit a classical degree?
and if I may add a second question. What changed for you and your life in the past decade, after the completion of this huge and hard challenge?
Dedicate at least an hour a day. Probably not ground breaking advice, but saying you don’t have the time only really says that you won’t make time. TH-cam has just about anything you want to learn for free.
I don't want to minimize his accomplishment since what he did is awesome but a major in computer science is at best around 60 credits which only 2 years study. Plus the winter and fall semester combined only last around 8 months. So it more like learn 16 months of material in 12 months of intensive study. However, you do need to properly internalize the material which might take sometime.
Well you always have to motivate yourself and use discipline. I'm no different there!
For math. how could you retain the information without practice ! (I'm assuming minimal practice based on the time frame and the curriculum you covered).
+Morris Kal B
Feyman Technique
+Tito Rat
* feynman
I got A's in calc one, two and three by treating the exams as my practice session after looking at the material for an hour before each test so it is possible.
In another video he said that he use them to understand deep meanings
And also, congratulations on completing your computer degree! There's no way I could ever do that in 1 year.
he doesn't look like he slept very much during this time.
This is so goddamn inspirational
Fantastic!
Scott your an inspiration i have been a self study for awhile. Do you have any tips regarding studying while working? How do you maximize your efficiency?
Seems easy enough if you don't work full time like he apparently didn't have to. According to his blog he spent roughly 60 hours/week to accomplish this. Kudos to him for that, but pretty unreasonable for the majority.
its sad that we live in a world where such inspiring and useful stuff has lesser views than stupid vlog channels
Let me be the first to congratulate you. When I first saw your first video I seriously doubted it, but you did it.
CONGRATS MAN!
Well done. You're a star
Hey Scott, I'm a huge fan of your work! Learn More Study Less is a great book.I am a college student as of right now. Most of my methods we're passive studying and outlining chapters inefficiently. I am using the Feynman Technique for studying and am retaining a lot more information than ever before! Is this similar to the Quiz and Recall method that Cal Newport suggests? Also, will you be doing the Learning on Steroids Program in the near future?
Wow, pretty nice. It's jan 06 2015 and I'm thinking about doing the MIT Challenge. It's been almost 3 years since you've completed the challenge. Have you worked on any projects dealing with what you learned doing the challenge? If so, what?
+Cool It's Sep 2015 and I'm just coming across this now. How's it going? Have you started on your challenge?
+BornInThe20thCentury I'm interested to :D
Cool did you do it?
Esto me anima mucho lo intentaré. Me ayudará en mi carrera (geophysical engineer).
Hi Scott.
I really admire you, and really would like to do a similar thing; actually I would like to do it with the mathematics undergraduate program, but I'm facing a little problem: I don't know how to "build" the curriculum. In my country, universities offer degrees with "fixed" curriculums, I mean, they have a big chart that says "semester 1, these subjects, semester two, these other subjects, ..." but when seeing the MIT curriculums, it seems like they're more flexible, and you can choose subjects; This is kinda confusing for me; could you tell me, please, how you chose the courses you took, and how you made sure you weren't skipping prerequisites?
Thanks in advance.
Absolutely amazing.
As a computer science major, I call complete bullshit. From his website: "For classes with a significant amount of programming work or practical design problems, I’ll try to complete most the assignments. However, since these are harder to evaluate, I’m still relying on final exams as the major criterion for these classes."
With all respect, we don't wanna general passionate speech, we want clear scientific methodology, the names of school subjects, clear table! Reliable references, books and helping videos.
Man, you should really look the description behind his video closely. He actually recorded every progress he made and how he made it.
Man, you should really look the description behind his video closely. He actually recorded every progress he made and how he made it.