01of 37Stephen CurryStephen Curry.Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty ImagesOn May 22, 2022, the 34-year-old basketball star received his college diploma13 years afterfirst entering the NBA. He celebrated the achievement with aseries of photoson social media, calling the degree a “dream come true.““Class of 2010….aka 2022 but we got it done!” Curry shared in his caption. “Thanks to my whole village that helped me get across the finish line. Made the promise when I left and had to see it through.“His team, the Golden State Warriors, also shared the news via Instagram with a doodle of Curry in his Warriors uniform, holding a diploma and graduation cap.
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Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry.Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images
On May 22, 2022, the 34-year-old basketball star received his college diploma13 years afterfirst entering the NBA. He celebrated the achievement with aseries of photoson social media, calling the degree a “dream come true.”
“Class of 2010….aka 2022 but we got it done!” Curry shared in his caption. “Thanks to my whole village that helped me get across the finish line. Made the promise when I left and had to see it through.”
His team, the Golden State Warriors, also shared the news via Instagram with a doodle of Curry in his Warriors uniform, holding a diploma and graduation cap.
02of 37Anthony AndersonAnthony Anderson/InstagramWeeks after his seriesblack-ishwrappedafter eight seasons on air, Anderson celebrated another major milestone:graduating fromHoward University!“Words can’t begin to describe the emotional roller coaster I’m on right now. It’s literally been 30 years in the making,” the actor wrote in a May 2022Instagrampost, sharing shots from commencement day. “It’s never too late! Things happen when they’re supposed to happen!“Anderson earned a BFA from theChadwick BosemanCollege of Fine Arts, achieving a dream that began decades ago. The star previously spoke about his time at the HBCU in2018 interviewwithJimmy Fallon, revealing that he initially dropped out due to financial reasons.“I was paying for college myself, and I ran out of money after my junior year,” Anderson explained. “I’ve been speaking to the university… about creating a curriculum that I can take online, and at home, and do some practical classes on campus so I can walk with my son [Nathan] in 2022.“Though the dad and lad weren’t ultimately able to share the stage, Anderson thanked his son “for inspiring me to return to school” on Instagram.
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Anthony Anderson
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Weeks after his seriesblack-ishwrappedafter eight seasons on air, Anderson celebrated another major milestone:graduating fromHoward University!
“Words can’t begin to describe the emotional roller coaster I’m on right now. It’s literally been 30 years in the making,” the actor wrote in a May 2022Instagrampost, sharing shots from commencement day. “It’s never too late! Things happen when they’re supposed to happen!”
Anderson earned a BFA from theChadwick BosemanCollege of Fine Arts, achieving a dream that began decades ago. The star previously spoke about his time at the HBCU in2018 interviewwithJimmy Fallon, revealing that he initially dropped out due to financial reasons.
“I was paying for college myself, and I ran out of money after my junior year,” Anderson explained. “I’ve been speaking to the university… about creating a curriculum that I can take online, and at home, and do some practical classes on campus so I can walk with my son [Nathan] in 2022.”
Though the dad and lad weren’t ultimately able to share the stage, Anderson thanked his son “for inspiring me to return to school” on Instagram.
03of 37Leah ReminiLeah Remini.Neilson Barnard/GettySchool’s out for summer for thePEOPLE Puzzlerhost, who revealed onTwitterin May 2022 that she closed the books on herfirst finalsat New York University.“Going to college for the first time at 51 after living most of my life in a cult and only having an 8th grade education hasn’t been easy,” Remini wrote. “But I took my first NYU final exams this week and I’m glad I decided to educate myself.““It’s never too late. It’s tough, but it’s worth it,” she added of going back to the classroom.Reminiannounced her acceptanceto the Manhattan college in May 2021, enrolling for an associate’s degree in the Liberal Arts program last fall.Speaking withPEOPLEabout juggling school with her busy career and life as a wife and mother, the star said the experience had been “amazing.““It’s been difficult when I’m working because sometimes I’ll work from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. and then have to come home and read chapters and do a quiz when my brain is shutting down,” Remini said in February. “But I’m doing it, and I am proud of myself. With my degree, I might eventually want to go into politics, but who knows? I would like to be of some kind of public service.”
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Leah Remini
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School’s out for summer for thePEOPLE Puzzlerhost, who revealed onTwitterin May 2022 that she closed the books on herfirst finalsat New York University.
“Going to college for the first time at 51 after living most of my life in a cult and only having an 8th grade education hasn’t been easy,” Remini wrote. “But I took my first NYU final exams this week and I’m glad I decided to educate myself.”
“It’s never too late. It’s tough, but it’s worth it,” she added of going back to the classroom.
Reminiannounced her acceptanceto the Manhattan college in May 2021, enrolling for an associate’s degree in the Liberal Arts program last fall.
Speaking withPEOPLEabout juggling school with her busy career and life as a wife and mother, the star said the experience had been “amazing.”
“It’s been difficult when I’m working because sometimes I’ll work from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. and then have to come home and read chapters and do a quiz when my brain is shutting down,” Remini said in February. “But I’m doing it, and I am proud of myself. With my degree, I might eventually want to go into politics, but who knows? I would like to be of some kind of public service.”
04of 37Renée ZellwegerDimitrios Kambouris/GettyWhilechatting withToday’sHoda KotbandSavannah Guthriein early 2022, the actress revealed that during her hiatus from Hollywood, which was from about 2010 to 2016,she took law classes.“I needed to step away and kind of grow as a person and learn some things that were not related to work. I mean, that’s one of my favorite things about the work, is that you have an opportunity to learn things that you wouldn’t otherwise have occasion to explore. Went to school and just, you know, took some time out and decided I wanted to maybe participate in a different way.“When Kotb asked about going to school, Zellweger clarified, “I snuck into UCLA for a little while and did some public policy. International law. Interested in politics.““Is this toward an end goal, or just something you wanted to do in the interim?” asked Kotb. TheJudyactress responded, “I’m not sure. But it’s one of my favorite things. I’ll bore you to death at a dinner party, I really will. Just don’t get me started. It’s true — ask any of my friends!”
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Renée Zellweger
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Whilechatting withToday’sHoda KotbandSavannah Guthriein early 2022, the actress revealed that during her hiatus from Hollywood, which was from about 2010 to 2016,she took law classes.
“I needed to step away and kind of grow as a person and learn some things that were not related to work. I mean, that’s one of my favorite things about the work, is that you have an opportunity to learn things that you wouldn’t otherwise have occasion to explore. Went to school and just, you know, took some time out and decided I wanted to maybe participate in a different way.”
When Kotb asked about going to school, Zellweger clarified, “I snuck into UCLA for a little while and did some public policy. International law. Interested in politics.”
“Is this toward an end goal, or just something you wanted to do in the interim?” asked Kotb. TheJudyactress responded, “I’m not sure. But it’s one of my favorite things. I’ll bore you to death at a dinner party, I really will. Just don’t get me started. It’s true — ask any of my friends!”
05of 37Bridgit MendlerGetty ImagesThe Disney Channel star and pop singer combined a littleGood Luck [Charlie]and a lot of brains to get intoa joint JD/PhD programbetween Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Bridgit Mendler
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The Disney Channel star and pop singer combined a littleGood Luck [Charlie]and a lot of brains to get intoa joint JD/PhD programbetween Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
06of 37Megan Thee StallionMegan Thee Stallion InstagramDespiteher supersonic rise to fame— includingtaking home several Grammys including Best New Artist in 2021— the rapper was committed to earning her degree to honor her late mother.The star graduated in December 2021 from Texas Southern University (and yes, she walked!).“I want to get my degree because I really want my mom to be proud,“the entertainertold PEOPLE about her mom Holly Thomas, who died in March 2019 after battling brain cancer. “She saw me going to school before she passed.“The rapper, whose father died when she was a teenager, also lost her grandmother shortly after her mother died.“I want my big mama to be proud. She saw me going to school before she passed,” said Megan. “My grandmother that’s still alive used to be a teacher, so she’s on my butt about finishing school. I’m doing it for me, but I’m also doing it for the women in my family who made me who I am today.”
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Megan Thee Stallion
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Despiteher supersonic rise to fame— includingtaking home several Grammys including Best New Artist in 2021— the rapper was committed to earning her degree to honor her late mother.
The star graduated in December 2021 from Texas Southern University (and yes, she walked!).
“I want to get my degree because I really want my mom to be proud,“the entertainertold PEOPLE about her mom Holly Thomas, who died in March 2019 after battling brain cancer. “She saw me going to school before she passed.”
The rapper, whose father died when she was a teenager, also lost her grandmother shortly after her mother died.
“I want my big mama to be proud. She saw me going to school before she passed,” said Megan. “My grandmother that’s still alive used to be a teacher, so she’s on my butt about finishing school. I’m doing it for me, but I’m also doing it for the women in my family who made me who I am today.”
07of 37Poppy HarlowPoppy Harlow.Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe CNN anchor is heading back to the classroom, announcing in August 2021 that she’d be attending Yale Law School come fall. Harlow is pursuing a year-long program designed for “mid-career journalists seeking an intensive immersion in legal thinkingso that they are better able to educate their audiences upon their return to journalism.““Starting next week, I will be taking a break from being with you every morning on this show so that I can go back to school. Yes, school! I’m going to study law for a Master’s degree,” theCNN Newsroomanchor explained on air. “It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. And if this year and a half has taught me anything, it is, why not try!“The journalist said her late father, intellectual property litigator James Harlow, and the the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg inspired her decision to advance her legal knowledge.
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Poppy Harlow
Poppy Harlow.Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
The CNN anchor is heading back to the classroom, announcing in August 2021 that she’d be attending Yale Law School come fall. Harlow is pursuing a year-long program designed for “mid-career journalists seeking an intensive immersion in legal thinkingso that they are better able to educate their audiences upon their return to journalism.”
“Starting next week, I will be taking a break from being with you every morning on this show so that I can go back to school. Yes, school! I’m going to study law for a Master’s degree,” theCNN Newsroomanchor explained on air. “It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. And if this year and a half has taught me anything, it is, why not try!”
The journalist said her late father, intellectual property litigator James Harlow, and the the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg inspired her decision to advance her legal knowledge.
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Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian.Stefanie Keenan/Getty
TheKeeping Up with the Kardashiansalumna is following in the footsteps of her late father, attorneyRobert Kardashian, in pursuing a law degree.The reality star first opened up about her legal aspirationsin an interview withVoguein April 2019, saying she had begun a four-year apprenticeship with a firm in San Francisco.
“I feel bummed, like totally bummed,” she said of the disappointment. “It is what it is, I know I just have to not stress about it, there’s so many other f—— things, stressful things, going on, I just have to do better in the future..”
On her fourth try, in December 2021, she passed,sharing her pride with followers on Twitter.
09of 37Natalie PortmanZhou jianzhong - Imaginechina/SipaIn 1999, the 18-year-old actress enrolled at Harvard University, graduating with a degree in psychology. The actressfamously saidof her decision, “I don’t care if [college] ruins my career … I’d rather be smart than a movie star.“Fun fact: Portman was a senior at the university when Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook.
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Natalie Portman
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In 1999, the 18-year-old actress enrolled at Harvard University, graduating with a degree in psychology. The actressfamously saidof her decision, “I don’t care if [college] ruins my career … I’d rather be smart than a movie star.”
Fun fact: Portman was a senior at the university when Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook.
10of 37Mary-Kate & Ashley OlsenMatt Winkelmeyer/MG19/GettyBoth Olsens famously enrolled in New York University, bought a $7.3 million penthouse in the West Village and thendecided to leave schoolin order to “pursue personal interests” and run their company, Dualstar Entertainment.
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Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen
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Both Olsens famously enrolled in New York University, bought a $7.3 million penthouse in the West Village and thendecided to leave schoolin order to “pursue personal interests” and run their company, Dualstar Entertainment.
11of 37Shaquille O’NealDiego Corredor/MediaPunchThe basketball legend got his career start at Louisiana State University, but left after three years to turn pro. He promised his parents that he would eventually graduate, and made good on that promise in 2000, when he finally earned his bachelor’s degree after seven summers of hard work.
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Shaquille O’Neal
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The basketball legend got his career start at Louisiana State University, but left after three years to turn pro. He promised his parents that he would eventually graduate, and made good on that promise in 2000, when he finally earned his bachelor’s degree after seven summers of hard work.
12of 37Haley Joel OsmentJC Olivera/GettyHaley Joel Osment graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2011, choosing to perfect his craft in the classroom rather than on the big screen.He toldThe New Yorkerin 2014, “A film likeThe Sixth Senseburns an image of who you are into people’s minds. In the midst of that it can be difficult to know who you are, or who you are becoming. College seemed like a manageable next step, a place where I could figure that stuff out.”
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Haley Joel Osment
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Haley Joel Osment graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2011, choosing to perfect his craft in the classroom rather than on the big screen.
He toldThe New Yorkerin 2014, “A film likeThe Sixth Senseburns an image of who you are into people’s minds. In the midst of that it can be difficult to know who you are, or who you are becoming. College seemed like a manageable next step, a place where I could figure that stuff out.”
13of 37Georgia May JaggerMike Marsland/WireImageDaughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, Georgia May was already making a name for herself as a model when she decided to enroll at the New York School of Visual Arts in 2010. She studied photography.
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Georgia May Jagger
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Daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, Georgia May was already making a name for herself as a model when she decided to enroll at the New York School of Visual Arts in 2010. She studied photography.
14of 37Karlie KlossJohns PKI / SplashNews.comKloss isn’t just a super successful model: she attended NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Studyandruns an education nonproft, Kode with Klossy.
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Karlie Kloss
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Kloss isn’t just a super successful model: she attended NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Studyandruns an education nonproft, Kode with Klossy.
15of 37Brooke ShieldsDimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesShields, who had been acting and modeling since she was just 12 years old, decided to take a break from Hollywood to get an education. She graduated from Princeton University in 1987 with a degree in French literature.
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Brooke Shields
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Shields, who had been acting and modeling since she was just 12 years old, decided to take a break from Hollywood to get an education. She graduated from Princeton University in 1987 with a degree in French literature.
16of 37Jodie FosterJohn Salangsang/ShutterstockTalk about an overachiever! Fostermade five films, turned in her term papers early and earned straight As at Yale. The actress earned a degree in Literature in 1985.
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Jodie Foster
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Talk about an overachiever! Fostermade five films, turned in her term papers early and earned straight As at Yale. The actress earned a degree in Literature in 1985.
17of 37Miranda CosgroveJohn Parra/GettyCosgrove studied psychology at the University of California, where she enrolled in 2012. The Nickelodeon star was originally studying film, but explained in December 2017 onLive! with Kelly and Ryanthat she changed her major with just one year left in her studies.
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Miranda Cosgrove
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Cosgrove studied psychology at the University of California, where she enrolled in 2012. The Nickelodeon star was originally studying film, but explained in December 2017 onLive! with Kelly and Ryanthat she changed her major with just one year left in her studies.
18of 37Swizz BeatzSplash News OnlineIn November 2017, the producerwrote on Instagram, “Today I will become Harvard alumni and although I’m not getting an ‘MBA’ no one can EVER take this accomplishment away from me.” He graduated from Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management Program.
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Swizz Beatz
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In November 2017, the producerwrote on Instagram, “Today I will become Harvard alumni and although I’m not getting an ‘MBA’ no one can EVER take this accomplishment away from me.” He graduated from Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management Program.
19of 37Ashley JuddAstrid Stawiarz/GettyIt may have taken 17 years, but Judd finally graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in French. Judd had left school just one course shy of a degree for a career in acting.In 2016, Judd decided that it was time to go back to school,announcing on Facebookthat she had been accepted into a Ph.D. program for public policy at UC Berkeley.
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Ashley Judd
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It may have taken 17 years, but Judd finally graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in French. Judd had left school just one course shy of a degree for a career in acting.
In 2016, Judd decided that it was time to go back to school,announcing on Facebookthat she had been accepted into a Ph.D. program for public policy at UC Berkeley.
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Elisabeth Shue
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21of 37Julia StilesNeil Mockford/GC ImagesStiles studied English Literature at Columbia University while making films likeThe Bourne Identityand appearing onSNL. When asked how she managed to juggle it all, Stiles toldRolling Stone, “I think about that all the time, I really do. Somehow I just do it. But college will help me as an actress, because it makes me more interesting.”
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Julia Stiles
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Stiles studied English Literature at Columbia University while making films likeThe Bourne Identityand appearing onSNL. When asked how she managed to juggle it all, Stiles toldRolling Stone, “I think about that all the time, I really do. Somehow I just do it. But college will help me as an actress, because it makes me more interesting.”
22of 37Dakota FanningVianney Le Caer/Invision/AP/REX/ShutterstockFanning pursued a degree from the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she was studying “film and the portrayal of women in film.” She said onTodayin 2018 that it was taking her a bit longer to graduate, but “it’s something that’s important to me and I know I’ll be happy when I accomplish it.”
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Dakota Fanning
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Fanning pursued a degree from the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she was studying “film and the portrayal of women in film.” She said onTodayin 2018 that it was taking her a bit longer to graduate, but “it’s something that’s important to me and I know I’ll be happy when I accomplish it.”
23of 37Yara ShahidiMatt Winkelmeyer/GettyWhat’s cooler: Being accepted to Harvard University or gettingMichelle Obamato write you your letter of recommendation? Shahidi doesn’t have to choose. TheBlack-ishstar originally deferred her acceptance to the Ivy League school for one year to work on some projects, but isheaded toward graduating from Harvard.
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Yara Shahidi
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What’s cooler: Being accepted to Harvard University or gettingMichelle Obamato write you your letter of recommendation? Shahidi doesn’t have to choose. TheBlack-ishstar originally deferred her acceptance to the Ivy League school for one year to work on some projects, but isheaded toward graduating from Harvard.
24of 37Claire DanesDanes didn’t end up finishing her degree in psychology and fine arts at Yale (she left after two years), but toldHoward Sternin 2018 that her time at the Ivy League “felt sufficient,” adding, “Mostly I just, like, smoked pot and played Mario Tennis with my friends.”
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Claire Danes
Danes didn’t end up finishing her degree in psychology and fine arts at Yale (she left after two years), but toldHoward Sternin 2018 that her time at the Ivy League “felt sufficient,” adding, “Mostly I just, like, smoked pot and played Mario Tennis with my friends.”
25of 37Anna PaquinRich Polk/Getty Images for IMDbPaquin already had an Oscar under her belt (she won in 1993 for her role inThe Piano) when she enrolled at Columbia University in 2001. She ended up dropping out to return to Hollywood, but her famous classmates included Julia Stiles and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
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Anna Paquin
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Paquin already had an Oscar under her belt (she won in 1993 for her role inThe Piano) when she enrolled at Columbia University in 2001. She ended up dropping out to return to Hollywood, but her famous classmates included Julia Stiles and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
26of 37Nick CannonNick Cannon/InstagramIn 2016, theWild ‘n Outhost revealed he’d enrolled as a freshman at Howard University — at age 35. (But did he try out for theDrumline?)
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Nick Cannon
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In 2016, theWild ‘n Outhost revealed he’d enrolled as a freshman at Howard University — at age 35. (But did he try out for theDrumline?)
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Tyra Banks
Not only did Banks go back to school, enrolling in Harvard’s Owner/President Management Program in 2012, she even taughta classat Stanford’s business school. The course focused on how to use social and traditional media to one’s advantage.
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Dylan & Cole Sprouse
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29of 37Joseph Gordon-LevittNicholas Hunt/GettyWhen Gordon-Levitt enrolled in Columbia University in 2001, he was already super-famous for his roles in10 Things I Hate About Youand3rd Rock from the Sun, which is why it wasn’t the worst thing ever when he dropped out in 2004 to get back to acting.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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When Gordon-Levitt enrolled in Columbia University in 2001, he was already super-famous for his roles in10 Things I Hate About Youand3rd Rock from the Sun, which is why it wasn’t the worst thing ever when he dropped out in 2004 to get back to acting.
30of 37Emma WatsonCourtesy Emma WatsonTaking a brief hiatus from acting, theHarry Potterstar enrolled at Brown University in 2009 and graduated with a degree in English Literature in 2014.
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Emma Watson
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Taking a brief hiatus from acting, theHarry Potterstar enrolled at Brown University in 2009 and graduated with a degree in English Literature in 2014.
31of 37Eva LongoriaJoel Ryan/Invision/APThe actress received her master’s degree from California State University Northridge in 2013 — while she was still filmingDesperate Housewives.Her degree was in Chicano and Chicana Studies.
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Eva Longoria
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The actress received her master’s degree from California State University Northridge in 2013 — while she was still filmingDesperate Housewives.Her degree was in Chicano and Chicana Studies.
32of 37Mayim BialikPaul Marotta/GettyLife imitates art … imitates life. Bialik played a super-nerd onThe Big Bang Theory— and also happens to be one (and we mean that in the best possible way). After starring onBlossomas a teen, she got her undergraduate degree from UCLA in 2000 and earned her Ph.D. from UCLA in 2007.
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Mayim Bialik
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Life imitates art … imitates life. Bialik played a super-nerd onThe Big Bang Theory— and also happens to be one (and we mean that in the best possible way). After starring onBlossomas a teen, she got her undergraduate degree from UCLA in 2000 and earned her Ph.D. from UCLA in 2007.
33of 37Steven SpielbergSteve Starr/CORBIS/GettyDuring the fall semester of 2001, long after he’d become an iconic director, Spielberg sat down and wrote the term paper for his Natural Science 492 class at Cal State Long Beach, allowing him to finally earn that one missing credit and thus his Bachelor of Arts – 37 years after he had first enrolled.
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Steven Spielberg
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During the fall semester of 2001, long after he’d become an iconic director, Spielberg sat down and wrote the term paper for his Natural Science 492 class at Cal State Long Beach, allowing him to finally earn that one missing credit and thus his Bachelor of Arts – 37 years after he had first enrolled.
34of 37Oprah WinfreyScott Barbour/GettyWhen Winfrey dropped out of Tennessee State University to pursue media, it certainly paid off. But in 1987, the talk show queen returned to finish her degree in Communications.
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Oprah Winfrey
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When Winfrey dropped out of Tennessee State University to pursue media, it certainly paid off. But in 1987, the talk show queen returned to finish her degree in Communications.
35of 37America FerreraNoel Vasquez/GettyThe actress was offered her starring role on the ABC sitcomUgly Bettyin 2002, right before she was to begin her freshman year at USC. She took the role, as her acting career continued to take off, and returned to USC in 2008, graduating in 2013.
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America Ferrera
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The actress was offered her starring role on the ABC sitcomUgly Bettyin 2002, right before she was to begin her freshman year at USC. She took the role, as her acting career continued to take off, and returned to USC in 2008, graduating in 2013.
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Bryce Dallas Howard
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Celebrating her graduation from NYU in 2020, Howard revealed that she started at school back in the day, but never completed her degree.
She explained that she had left NYC ahead of graduating in 2001 because she got an Off-Broadway acting job. “I fully intended on graduating one day,” she insisted. “In fact, I continually deferred the following semester and the semesters after that, hoping that instead of ‘dropping out,’ I was simply taking a ‘leave of absence.’ Again, and again, and again.”
But Howard — who married her college sweetheart, Seth Gabel, in 2006, and has “two awesome kids,” — stressed that she never lost her goal of getting her degree.
“I am so overcome with joy,” Howard wrote on graduation day. “This has been 21 years in the making.”
37of 37James FrancoLeah Remini.Neilson Barnard/GettyThe man loves learning! Franco grabbed his undergraduate degree from UCLA in 2008, and in 2011, he moved to New York City to attend Columbia University’s MFA writing program, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts for filmmakingandBrooklyn College for fiction writing, all before enrolling in Yale’s Ph.D. program.
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James Franco
The man loves learning! Franco grabbed his undergraduate degree from UCLA in 2008, and in 2011, he moved to New York City to attend Columbia University’s MFA writing program, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts for filmmakingandBrooklyn College for fiction writing, all before enrolling in Yale’s Ph.D. program.
source: people.com
