Finishing an MIT 4 Year Program in 1 Year
The writer of this book, Scott Young, used his own techniques to finish the 4 year MIT computer science program in only 1. In his words: ”Smart people aren’t gifted–they simply have a different strategy (which you can copy)”.
For more information on what Scott did, have a look at the video below, or read his blog post about it.
Why study more when you can study better?
Learning isn’t about who puts in the most effort. It is about who gets the best results. Scott wrote this eBook with the intention of showing others how he does what he does. The following sections are quoted from his website.
What will you be able to do with the book?
- Understand how learning is supposed to work with the holistic learning strategy.
- Identify your weaknesses along the 6 Stages of Holistic Learning–and get specific tools to improve them.
- Learn the key studying habits to learn more in less time. Give yourself more time for starting a business, being with family or just having fun!
- Be able to classify information into the 5 different formats–and know exactly what strategy to use for each.
- Implement the steps necessary to make any subject fascinate you, so studying doesn’t need to bore you to death.
- Learn techniques such as speed reading, active reading and flow-based notetaking to understand information more quickly.
- Learn the 3 core holistic learning methods that allow you to “get” any subject.
- Discover how to “peg” or “compress” information to cut down study time, even on the densest courses.
- Get the tools to educate yourself, so you can still learn quickly without expensive tutors and courses.
- Find out how to get access to university courses–for free!
- Adapt the techniques to fit your particular learning style.
- Use bonus material print-outs to easily practice the new techniques.
The book is over 200 pages, easily readable on the computer screen with full-color pictures to make the book both informative and interesting. Along with the book, you will receive six bonus printout forms that enable to you to easily practice the methods in the book.
Enter the giveaway
Wondering what Scott achieved with these techniques?
In Scotts words:
Different strategies make a huge difference in results. By using the strategy outlined inLearn More, Study Less, I have:
- Aced University finals with little or no studying.
- Scored first in an advanced inter-province Chemistry exam. Without even being aware I was needed to take the test until five minutes before writing it.
- Read over 70 books each year.
- Scored in the top three percentile for a national exam. Despite never having taken the course being tested.
- Minimized course work to maintain an A average while running a part-time business, presiding over a Toastmasters club, exercising daily and still being able to socialize and party.
I say this not to brag, because my accomplishments are relatively modest. In researching extraordinary learners I’ve found people who have achieved A averages with triple the full-time course load, memorized entire books and breezed through degree programs designed to fail most people.
I’m telling you this because I believe you can do it too.
Why should I be the one to win:
I’m very interested in meta learning. I’m currently learning how to speed read and would like to read more about it in this book. I’m also last year of high school (in Slovenia). In 4 months I will be tested in 5 subjects that I was learning for 4 years in high school. This is called “matura” in my country. These tests are hard, mostly because there is a lot to learn. This free e-book could help me to get better results in less time.
Why I should win:
I study physiotherapy and it is a field where you are never ready; there are so many things to learn. So, to be able to help people better, I need to know as much as possible.I am also doing my final thesis and it should be ready on May. I need to learn to massive amount of things to be able to finish it.
After these studies I would like to continue and study more about learning, especially motor and meta learning. I would like to see if this book can also help on motor learning, as this is a important subject for physiotherapy(as well as for many other fields).
Thank you for the opportunity!
I make mind maps a lot, I try to use different senses to learn new things. I’m curious what new things I can learn from this book.
I’m a nursing student now. I have 4 months to go for the first level. I want to be a medical researcher. I want this opportunity to learn as much as possible, as fast as possible. Who know, I might be able to help you and yours with what my team is able to discover.
E.
I never thought about a Uni degree in terms of Hacking Education. That is in a interesting insight. the second insight I had was about time compression. A typical Uni student doesn’t work 40 hours a week for 50 or so weeks. There is alot of down time in a full time education. Then it speed up delivery by 1.5 times, by speeding up the video player is a third insight. So I am wondering what other techniques are there in the book, if this is just a sample of the overall meta-learning. It is also interesting to see the cross-overs between Scott and Tim Ferriss’s new book – 4 hour Chef, which is more about Learning than “Chef-ing”.
I’m studying my master right now. I need all the skills necessary to improve my learning and to make myself a really good professional.
I know that I can give to the book a really good use and it will help to me to be an excellent professional.
As an avid reader of Skill Collector, as well as Scott’s blog, I have gotten a lot of useful free information, which is very helpful since I can’t afford to purchase more than one or two books a month. I am currently a college student at Purdue University in Indiana studying Computer Science. This book will certainly give me many valuable insights into learning faster and better. Wish me luck!
I am a teacher doing all manner of research into learning and the brain. Personally, I follow a lot of people involved in accelerated learning and finally, I am intending on doing a masters degree and so it would be useful.
I work in a library in addition to owning my own business and I typically read 7-10 books a week. I would love to be able to speed read better and obviously retain more of the information without taking notes.
I am the meta learner to end all meta learners!
I first read about meta-learning in 4-Hour Chef. This seems to go a lot deeper, and sounds intriguing and very helpful!
(Too bad I hear about this during my last semester of grad school…)
I’m no student but I’m swamped trying to learn new techniques to become famous! critically acclaimed! yadda yadda! Tired of reading things that promise x and such but really don’t speak to me. This one looks different and therefore helpful.
I’m a big fan of Scott Young’s blog. I’m also a blogger myself and a student also (medstudent) and it’ll be great if I’ll have the chance to improve my learning skills through this book. So, give it away…to me:D
I am a special education teacher. I do a lot of research on learning and the brain to become a more effective teacher for my students with learning disabilities. More than just teaching content, I want to be able to teach my students to understand their brain and how to learn.
hey
I’m a 1st year bachelor student. I love doing sports meeting people on promoting the startup that I’m part of.
but as I suppose the workload will increase so I will lose time that I could used to do what I like in order to study.
This book would help me greatly to avoid that to happen and keep doing what I love
Hi I’m a senior in high school and I just like learning new things for the entertainment value. I am always looking for ways to learn more efficently and this book is perfect for that so I would love to win it!
i’m currently taking a few courses and i think this book will help me alot.
Never too late to learn how to study
I’m curious about some posts you’ve promised 
And the increase of traffic by this giveaway.
Ciao
I’ve considered going back to school purely for the sake of learning interesting stuff. I love Scott’s blueprint for doing it.
Very useful book and realy wonderful
The six stages of holistic learning you wrote about struck me. I’ve noticed how some people tend to get started learning quickly, while I seem better after the initial basis.
Yet, I just embarked on a new learning path next to my ft. job, learning skills I can use in a wide variety of entrepreneurial opportunities.
With so much more to learn, now and later, with limited time at hand, I could definitely use this book to learn to learn more effectively
thank’s,I make mind maps a lot, I try to use different senses to learn new things. I’m curious what new things I can learn from this book.
Amazing perception and wonderful flow Mentor.
I inspired by it.
Thank you so much. I will use this information for my students to update some of their skills.
You certainly have some agreeable opinions and views on holistic learning and ebook. Your blog provides a fresh look at the subject.
I am a special education teacher. I do a lot of research on learning and the brain to become a more effective teacher for my students with learning disabilities.
This is great! I remember reading and commenting on the first post on your blog when he was just starting out. I want to get that book now to improve the rate at which I learn now.
Hi,
Thanks for posting the video along with your post. Scott Young is just an example of a person who is so determine to learn. He just finds his way towards success. Students should try to be like him. Determine and hungry for new knowledge.
Hi Dear..
I work in a library in addition to owning my own business and I typically read 7-10 books a week.
I’m only commenting for the two free books that I’ll probably never read, but hey…
Fair enough, the contest is over though…
Hi Mentor,
You should write a page about how to stay motivated. Not just read these books and article but how to make sure that the reader implements it, if you know what i mean.. It would be really helpful.
Hello Shyam,
I’ll definitely look into that! Have read some interesting things on in recently and there is a lot of effective tricks…
Keep you posted