"Graduating from high school in 1904, he entered the University of Madras on a scholarship. However, his excessive neglect of all subjects except mathematics caused him to lose the scholarship after a year, and Ramanujan dropped out of college. He returned to the university after some traveling through the countryside, but never graduated. ...His marriage in 1909 compelled him to earn a living. Three years later, he secured a low-paying clerk's job with the Madras Port Trust."