Since our childhood, we have been told the importance of studying hundreds of times. Our parents, our teachers, and even friends keep thinking that going to college, securing a white-collar, nine-to-five job is the safest and quickest way to succeed. With so much pressure to study and follow the traditional career path, kids may feel like there’s no other road to success. However, many people dropping out show learning isn't always the best choice. The most obvious examples are Hollywood celebrities.
Hollywood isn’t exactly known for being book smart. Many actors and singers don’t even finish high school, let alone attend college. Maybe it isn't because they are not interested in studying. Pursuing an acting career often requires actors a flexible and busy schedule, which makes them hardly adhere to a timetable of a normal student. And obviously, quitting school doesn't affect their path to success. Even they become famous and gain much more remarkable things when spending time focusing on their profession.
On the flip side, not all celebrities will easily decide to drop out rather than go to school. There are still famous people in Hollywood who did so well in maintaining a work-study life balance. Fame doesn't prevent them from returning to school to pursue higher education. Not only did they complete their studies, but they also gained many remarkable academic achievements. Let's see who they are!
Hollywood isn’t exactly known for being book smart. Many actors and singers don’t even finish high school, let alone attend college. Maybe it isn't because they are not interested in studying. Pursuing an acting career often requires actors a flexible and busy schedule, which makes them hardly adhere to a timetable of a normal student. And obviously, quitting school doesn't affect their path to success. Even they become famous and gain much more remarkable things when spending time focusing on their profession.
On the flip side, not all celebrities will easily decide to drop out rather than go to school. There are still famous people in Hollywood who did so well in maintaining a work-study life balance. Fame doesn't prevent them from returning to school to pursue higher education. Not only did they complete their studies, but they also gained many remarkable academic achievements. Let's see who they are!
#1 At the age of 13, Nolan Gould graduated high school
Source: Wikipedia
#2 Emma Watson studied well in both films and real life
Source: Pinterest
#3 Natalie Portman has been published twice in scientific journals
Source: The Times of Israel
#4 Matt Damon hatched the idea for "Good Will Hunting" as a Harvard student
Source: IMDb
#5 Connie Britton roomed with now-US Senator Kristen Gillibrand during a summer semester at Beijing Normal University
Source: Gettyimages
#6 Lupita Nyong'o graduated from Yale
Source: BBC
#7 David Duchovny attended two Ivy League schools
Source: Pinterest
#8 Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal studied at Columbia University
Source: Zimbo
#9 Ken Jeong is a licensed physician
Source: People
#10 Allison Williams is more than the smart one on "Girls"
Source: IMDb
#11 Rashida Jones got her BA in comparative religion from Harvard
Source: The Harvard Gazette
#12 Kara Hayward has been a Mensa member since she was nine
Source: Zimbo
#13 Mayim Bialik plays a neurobiologist on TV and has a Ph.D. in neuroscience in real life
Source: NPR
#14 Jodie Foster is a French scholar who attended Yale
`WSource: vanityfair
#15 Conan O'Brien graduated magna cum laude from Harvard
Source: NPR
#16 Mira Sorvino graduated magna cum laude from Harvard
Source: IMDb
#17 Edward Norton worked as an analyst for an entrepreneurial nonprofit
Source: Inc.
#18 Issa Rae graduated from Stanford with a degree in African and African-American Studies
Source: Wikimedia commons
#19 Tatyana Ali went to Harvard after "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
Source: Wikipedia
#20 Brooke Shields studied French literature at Princeton
Source: cheatsheet
#21 Elizabeth Banks graduated magna cum laude from UPenn
Source: IMDb
#22 Tyra Banks enrolled in a program at Harvard Business School for owners and presidents of companies
Source: POP SUGAR
#23 Mindy Kaling is an award-winning playwright
Source: USA Today
#24 Angela Bassett got both her bachelor's and master's degrees from Yale
Source: alumnispotlight
#25 Kesha had near-perfect SAT scores
Source: ELLE
#26 Eva Longoria has both her bachelor's and master's degrees
Source: People
#27 Ashley Judd got her master's from Harvard
Source: ABC news
#28 Ashton Kutcher hoped to attend MIT or Purdue to study engineering
Source: vicongly
#29 Ellie Kemper went to Princeton and Oxford
Source: Princeton University
#30 Geena Davis is a Mensa's member
Source: Wikimedia commons
#31 Jordana Brewster was a nerd at Yale
Source: iHow
#32 Alicia Keys dropped out of Columbia at 16 because of her career
Source: Chicago Suntimes
#33 Kate Beckinsale is fluent in four languages
Source: fabiosa
#34 Lisa Kudrow conducted clinical research on headaches
Source: Pinterest
#35 John Krasinski pursued an array of academic interests at Brown
Source: POP SUGAR
#36 John Legend worked at a prestigious consulting firm
Source: People
#37 Cindy Crawford studied chemical engineering on a scholarship at Northwestern University
Source: Daily mail