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The James Altucher Show

AA Ep. 313 - Get an MIT Education for 1% of the Price

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Scott Young spent $2,000 and got a "degree" from MIT... And he never had to leave his house. He calls it the "MIT Challenge." Scott believes you might learn better without having to go to college for four years. He spent four years getting a business degree and he still had a longing to learn computer science. But he didn't want to spend four more years of his life in school and accumulate all that debt. He wanted the education, but not the school. He has taken a few classes online before and thought, "If you can learn a class, why not an entire degree?" But when he was done, would anyone hire him? Listen today to find out. Regards, David Newman P.S. NOT SURE WHAT TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?   A great new resource shows a clever way to start a business, get a new job, find a retirement career, publish a book, make extra money in your spare time, and more. ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:36.7

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0:46.5

Thanks for listening, and now here's today's show.

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Don't let the mysteries of life scare you away.

0:53.4

Instead, ask Altecher.

0:55.9

Here's JamesAltecher.

1:04.7

Hey, how's my audio? Is everything coming in fine?

1:08.2

Everything's coming in fine, and we're already recording this app on the phone like records

1:12.4

automatically.

1:14.4

Okay, great.

1:15.5

Okay, so Scott Young, who did the infamous MIT experiment, you basically took $2,000

1:24.4

in less than a year, and you completed using their free course curriculum online, you completed

1:31.9

four-year computer science degree at MIT.

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