MrBeast talks about dropping out of college while watching others in his circle blow up with viral videos. He shares what drove him to pursue YouTube and become who he is today.
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One of the, like, more relatable stories is, like, there was a month where a guy named Jay made $150,000. He had some videos blow up. And, you know, to us, like, 19. I'm a college dropout. I didn't even really go. I went for two weeks to a cheap community college because my mom said, go to college or move out the house and have money to move out. So I went for two weeks, and then I just lied. And I was making videos in the parking lot, and, you know, I just had to move out before she got my report card because it's all zeros. And so I'm a college dropout. Another guy was a high school dropout. Another guy was a college dropout. Another guy just graduated high school, and parent gave up on him. Another college dropout. And one of those guys makes $150,000 a month. And I was probably making 15 grand. The rest were making 10, 20 grand. And it's. It was just so inspiring to see, like, that's possible, and then, like, to work with them to figure out why did these videos do so well.