Did you dream about Hollywood while you were in school? Well, these A-listers had a dream about their schooling while they were in Hollywood, earning millions. Several of the biggest names took a short or sometimes long hiatus from their acting careers to get serious college degrees, because education obviously matters to them. Some went to New York University and some even sent to big league colleges like Oxford and Harvard. Let's have a look at celebs who went back to school in style.
Much like her screen persona Hermione Granger, Emma too is quite a bookworm. She had started her freshman year pursuing a degree in English literature but left it halfway,only to go back to finishing her degree from Oxford University in 2014. But it wasn't easy for this Hollywood sensation to fit into college life. In fact, she recalled her first day at the college cafeteria as terrifying as everybody stared at her as she stepped in.
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Natalie was already a genius when she stepped in Hollywood and made it very clear that her education is her first priority not her acting career. She went to Harvard University to pursue her degrees in neurobiology and in Hebrew language and now has a PhD.
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James Franco is a serious multi-tasker. When he was at the peak of his career at 32, he joined Yale for a PhD and eventually got it. James has been a part-time professor at New York University and actually has had a pretty steady connection to academic life amid the Hollywood hoopla.
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Joseph got a taste of success at a very young age and that obviously took a toll on his school life. Which is why he went back to university and enrolled in multiple courses including poetry and French.
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America had to take a break from college as she got leading roles in TV series like Ugly Betty. But she went back to the University of Southern California to finally get her college degree.
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Jodie Foster got early success with an Oscar nomination at the age of the and her subsequent projects. But she did make a priority of her schooling as she went back to school in the '80s to pursue a literature degree.
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Supermodel Tyra Banks has a degree from the prestigious Harvard Business school. After being at the peak of her career for over a decade, Tyra went to Harvard to master the field of business. She attended a few classes on the Harvard Business campus and managed to get a certificate of completion.
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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen got successful at the age of 7 and obviously haven't been able to focus on their school. Which is why the twins went to Gallatin School of Individual Study in 2003. But Mary-Kate had to take a break from that too, to focus on the company formed by them.
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The Karate Kid star found game at the age of 16 but ditched it all for a while when she went to Harvard to pursue a degree in political science. And though she has not been a consistent student, owing to her busy career, she did manage to get a degree.
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Much like Jodie Foster and The Olsen twins, Dakota too was only a kid when she stepped into Hollywood. But she made a point of resuming her education when she went back to the Gallatin School which has a specially tailored curriculum for people in the performing arts field.
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Claire had a terrific star In Hollywood and yet longed for a graduate degree. So she went to Yale in the late '90s to pursue a degree in drama.
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Julia Stiles never really made it big in Hollywood but did go back to school to finish her education. She pursued a degree in literature from the Columbia University in 2005.
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Mick Jagger's daughter Georgia made it big with modelling and decided to get a degree too. Georgia went to New York's School of Visual Arts to study art and photography.
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Spielberg was enrolled in the California State University 34 years ago, but dropped out. Spielberg just had one credit left when he left university and eventually got a degree in electronic arts and films when he joined the course three decades later.
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Basketball legend Shaquille went back to college eight years after he left it, and received a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University in 2000. It is a tremendous feat, considering Shaquille’s iconic career and his millionaire status.
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