How to Get Started With Math If You Are A High School Dropout

In this video I talk about how to get started with mathematics if you dropped out of high school. Do you have any advice for this person? Please leave any comments below.

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[ZaksLab]

Hey! I "dropped out" of high school, opting to go to the local community college instead of senior year. It turned out to be a good decision. Thanks to some great professors, I developed a passion for physics, then math, then *both* as a double major at the big university down the road. Ultimately the physicists captured me for grad school, and I've been teaching at the community college ever since, hopefully inspiring more high school dropouts to find their passion in STEM. Thanks for all you do! -- Zak

[sergeiilin]

I'm high school dropped out. Back to college at 24 now I'm 27 and have 2 semesters left. I made a long way from elementary algebra to Galois theory which I will take next semester along with differential geometry. Work hard and dream big! You can do it!!!

[Wandering_Horse]

I dropped out in 89', got my GED over 10 years later and now 30+ years after dropping out I am taking my Intermediate Algebra final tomorrow!
I have also been accumulating math books so I can also different perspectives from different authors and time periods.

I started by buying 5th grade workbooks, then pre-algebra, skipped elementary algebra and jumped straight into Intermediate. I am going to self study Spring 22' to prepare for college algebra in Fall 22'. Reached out to the instructor and he sent me Stewart 7ed Precalculus text book to self study.

Thank You Math Sorcerer, you have an immense source of motivation and inspiration!

[NerveFlux]

I had to leave high school for various reasons. I couldn't wait to get my GED and get started on college. Don't give up and keep your eyes on the goal!

[CRSIVE]

I dropped out of high school after failing all my classes in one year, got my GED, and now I am majoring in aerospace engineering at a pretty good institution. You just have to do the work to catch up to all the people who graduated high school. I had to start from Remedial Math and from there I took College Algebra, Trigonometry, Precalculus, Cal I, Cal II, Cal III and Diff Eq. It's been a long road, but it's very doable if you are dedicated. Generally, if you drop out, the only immediate option available to you is community college- which is what I did. Take community college classes for a year or two and then transfer to a 4-year university. Good luck!

Also, once you are caught up to everyone it feels amazing, and I mean the feeling is genuinely inspiring.

[AngelMedina-jpqb]

Nice!!! Totally agree. That what happened to me, but I started with Pre-algebra, and now I'm into higher level math.

[xAssailantx]

I didn't drop out but I failed math, chemistry and physics in high school. I ended up going to community college, transferred to a university and got a Masters Degree in Applied Mathematics and was one of the top students in the Math department.

You can still go to college and succeed even if you have a bad record in high school.

[mamoon_]

I studied graphic design in uni, and working professionally in the 3d industry now, i realized that i love math while using trigonometry in a 3d software, i am following the order of your book recommendation I'm studying calculus now math is very addictive i love it, for me it's more entertaining than art.

[learnmathwithme]

I have the same experience as the person who dropped out in the email you are responding too. I also dropped in 9th grade, and got my GED at 20. Now, I have a BS in Pure Mathematics, and I am off to grad school.

[TJ-zjcq]

u give me hope to study math again, I appreciate u for taken the time and making these videos thank you

[TTPotterUltraPower]

Hi Prof, could you consider doing a video on the math required for graduate study in economics? Perhaps you could collaborate with another scholar-educator in economics. Thank you!

[miriosdick]

The perrrrfffect video for me, Thank u so much man

[dollophead]

Love your encouraging positive energy ❤

[TJ]

This is great, I didn't drop out of high school but I should not have graduated.

[amineamin]

Thank you for the amazing content!
I really do like your beautiful videos, helpful and informative.

[guitaristxcore]

I'm a highschool drop out. I have a GED. Around 2009 I started at the local CC and was very academically strong in my LibArt and PolSci courses, but not in math. Dropped out again. About two years ago I started really working on math. I watched hundreds of hours of videos from OrganicChemistryTutor and Professor Leonard, and I bout some Schaums outlines for beginner, intermediate and college algebra. Over the course of two years I brought my math level way up and went back to college just last fall. For the first time in my life I have A's in a math class. I am now majoring in mathematics so I can teach middle and highschool mathematics.

My big recommendation that I give everyone when they ask how I'm doing it is that it takes practice. I'm working hundreds of exercises every week. That's it, that's the big secret. Practice. I know that sounds trite and cliche, but it is what it is.

If you want to learn math you have to do math. Good luck and get cracking!

[MuantanamoMobile]

Hi Prof. Thank you for yet another valuable gem.
I was wondering, could "Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications 7th edition" by Rosen, Kenneth be a good alternative starting point as opposed to the books you recommended? My ultimate goal is to eventually attain mastery in Computational Algebraic Topology.

[joemacy]

I did a GED although I didn't technically "drop out" per se. I did my GED more as an alternative placement although I basically ended up getting kicked out of high school for bad behavior. I didn't technically get expelled, but I got moved to home bound tutoring. Unfortunately, home bound tutoring didn't really work for me since it didn't cater to my learning style, so the school then recommended that I just take my GED and test out. I then passed my four GED tests in a matter of months. After that, I enrolled in community college to study math. I was passionate about math since elementary school, so I knew from day 1 that I wanted to study math. I attended community college part time and got my associates three years later. After that, I transferred to a four-year university and continued to attend part time. I went there for another three years before COVID hit and classes went remote. I then took a year off when classes went remote until classes went in person again. After classes went back to in person, I went to that same university for about another year, and I eventually completed my BS in mathematics. It was a long, difficult road for me to get there, but I made it.

[poisson]

In the context of preparing for international olympiads, jee, etc...
Can u please explain exactly step by step how to read a question solution actively *introspectively* such that u r thinking how the person who wrote the solution came up with each step and u r trying to find out his/her thought process...basically such that ur gaining smthg from that solution...
Can u do this with the help of some example questions from topics like PnC, Probability, Sequence nd series, circles, etc [maybe jee advanced questions]...like can u also mention the algorithm/logic/patterns memorization part along with the logical reasoning part....
Like from understanding+memorizing theory...to actually mastering the art of problem solving for multiple topics

[Quietek]

Really, you dropped out too?!? I dropped out around 9th, but ironically it’s funny how life works and that this video came out really recently just as life has handed me a crossroad in life, cause honestly I could pass that test with flying colors it’s just math was the only thing that demotivated me and made me depressed cause at a certain point I couldn’t understand anything and it was stressful as a kid, but now that I’m 21 I’m gonna try to achieve the impossible by myself and graduate-