{"id":127011,"date":"2024-09-23T21:01:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T21:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/23\/where-celebrities-went-to-college-brad-pitt-mindy-kaling-meryl-streep\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T21:01:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T21:01:36","slug":"where-celebrities-went-to-college-brad-pitt-mindy-kaling-meryl-streep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/23\/where-celebrities-went-to-college-brad-pitt-mindy-kaling-meryl-streep\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Celebrities Went to College: Brad Pitt, Mindy Kaling, Meryl Streep,"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Before they were award-winning entertainers, these stars were figuring out their lives just like the rest of Us. Actors ranging from Adam Sandler<\/strong> to Lisa Kudrow<\/strong> were at one time college students actually wondering whether entertainment was the path for them. See where your favorite celebrities did all of that deep thinking about their future!<\/span><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>Reese Witherspoon<\/h2>\n
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\n Reese Witherspoon (1994)<\/span> Steve.Granitz \/ Contributor<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College or University: <\/b>Stanford University<\/span><\/p>\n

What she studied:<\/b> English Literature<\/span><\/p>\n

What she said about it:<\/b> \u201c<\/span>When I applied to Stanford<\/span><\/a>, I was told by a [male] college counselor, \u2018You\u2019re never gonna get in, don\u2019t bother. They don\u2019t want you.\u2019 I said, \u2018I\u2019m going to try.\u2019 And I got in! But I wouldn\u2019t be the woman I am if I hadn\u2019t had that conflict to overcome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2. <\/span>Jennifer Garner<\/h2>\n
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\n Jennifer Garner (2024)<\/span> Monica Schipper \/ Staff<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College or University: <\/b>Denison University in Granville, Ohio<\/span><\/p>\n

What she studied:<\/b> Drama\/Theater<\/span><\/p>\n

What she said about it: <\/b>\u201c<\/span>I grew up knowing about it<\/a> [Denison University]<\/span> because my best childhood friend\u2019s dad went to Denison. I didn\u2019t take it seriously until I received the brochure, which was very pretty. I decided to apply right at the deadline; I definitely procrastinated (and I still do now). But I turned out to be lucky.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

3. <\/span>John Legend<\/h2>\n
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\n John Legend (2013)<\/span> Ian Gavan \/ Staff<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College or University: <\/b>University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA<\/span><\/p>\n

What he studied:<\/b> English<\/span><\/p>\n

What he said about it: <\/b>\u201c<\/span>I get to college<\/span><\/a>, everyone else is around 18, I\u2019m 16. I was always less mature, less at ease, socially\u2026 I got into Harvard, Georgetown and Penn and decided to go to Penn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

4. <\/span>Brad Pitt<\/h2>\n
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\n Brad Pitt posed (1988)<\/span> Michael Putland \/ Contributor<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College or University: <\/b>University of Missouri in Columbia, MO<\/span><\/p>\n

What he studied:<\/b> Journalism<\/span><\/p>\n

What he said about it:<\/b> \u201c<\/span>They have one of the best j-schools in the country<\/span><\/a>. It just came to the time of graduation and everyone\u2026 all my friends were committing to jobs, and I just realized I was not ready for that yet. I packed up my car. I didn\u2019t graduate. I had two weeks left and I moved out to L.A.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Adam Sandler<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\n Adam Sandler (2022)<\/span> Dia Dipasupil \/ Staff<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College or University: <\/b>New York University, Tisch School of the Arts<\/span><\/p>\n

What he studied:<\/b> Acting<\/span><\/p>\n

What he said about it: <\/b>\u201c<\/span>My brother said to me<\/span><\/a> when I was applying for colleges, I said, \u2018What should I study?\u2019 He goes, \u2018Why don\u2019t you be an actor? You should be a comedian.\u2019 I said, \u2018Yeah, yeah, yeah, I\u2019ll do that.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

6. <\/span>Lisa Kudrow<\/h2>\n
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\n Lisa Kudrow (2022)<\/span> Jesse Grant \/ Stringer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College or University: <\/b>Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY<\/span><\/p>\n

What she studied: <\/b>Biology<\/span><\/p>\n

What she said about it:<\/b> \u201c<\/span>I had to work hard<\/span><\/a>, because I am an idiot and probably had no business going to this school,\u201d Kudrow joked. \u201cBut I had to study all the time\u2026 I never did anything, I had no idea there were other things you could do [clubs, activities].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

7. <\/span>Natalie Portman<\/h2>\n
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\n Natalie Portman (1999)<\/span> Rose Hartman \/ Contributor<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College or University: <\/b>Harvard University in Cambridge, MA<\/span><\/p>\n

What she studied:<\/b> Psychology<\/span><\/p>\n

What she said about it: <\/b>\u201c<\/span>When I got to Harvard<\/span><\/a> just after the release of <\/span>Star Wars: Episode 1,<\/span><\/i> I feared people would assume I had gotten in just for being famous, and not worthy of the intellectual rigor here,\u201d Portman explained in a speech at her alma mater.<\/span> \u201c<\/span>I wasn\u2019t smart enough to be in this company, that every time I opened my mouth, I would have to prove that I wasn\u2019t just a dumb actress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Meryl Streep\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\n Meryl Streep (1979)<\/span> Jack Mitchell \/ Contributor<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College or University: <\/b>Vassar College<\/span><\/p>\n

What she studied:<\/b> Drama<\/span><\/p>\n

What she said about it:<\/b> \u201c<\/span>One value of a Vassar education<\/span><\/a> is that it kind of dooms you to a life of awareness \u2026<\/span> The Vassar conscience rings a bell in your head; it\u2019s a call to action in your heart.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

9. <\/span>Jessica Chastain<\/h2>\n
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\n Jessica Chastain (2023)<\/span> Frazer Harrison \/ Staff<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College or University: <\/b>The Julliard School in New York City<\/span><\/p>\n

What she studied:<\/b> Acting<\/span><\/p>\n

What she said about it:<\/b> \u201c<\/span>Every two years<\/span><\/a>, [the Robin Williams scholarship] would be given to a student and it paid for all of my schooling, it paid for my housing\u2026<\/span> Every year, you know, I wrote a note to him to say, \u2018thank you,\u2019 and I never got to meet him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Mindy Kaling<\/h2>\n
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\n Mindy Kaling (2020)<\/span> Gregg DeGuire \/ Stringer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College or University: <\/b>Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH<\/span><\/p>\n

What she studied:<\/b> Playwriting<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

What she said about it:<\/b> \u201c<\/span>At Dartmouth College<\/span><\/a>\u2026 I wrote plays, I acted, I sang, I was the student newspaper cartoonist. I recommend going to college in the middle of nowhere. I got all the attention I could ever have wanted. If I had gone to NYU, right now I\u2019d be the funniest paralegal in a law firm in Boston.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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