20 Celebrities Who Dropped Out of College to Pursue Their Dreams (PHOTOS)
While some celebrities like Natalie Portman and Emma Watson have impressed us with their commitment to their education — all while maintaining busy schedules due to their film careers — not everyone in Hollywood has a college degree. But that doesn't mean that most of your favorite actors and singers didn't at least attempt higher education before ultimately dropping out for an assortment of reasons.
These 20 celebrities show that college dropouts can definitely be successful.
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Mark Zuckerberg
If you're seen The Social Network, you know that the creator of Facebook infamously dropped out of Harvard to fully pursue the development of the social media site. But he's not unusual—other tech geniuses like Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak also cut their educations short.
Ben Affleck
College just wasn't in the cards for this movie star. He left the University of Vermont after just one semester and then dropped out of Occidental College to fully pursue acting.
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John Mayer
Although this singer was studying music at the Berklee College of Music, he eventually dropped out to pursue his dreams on his own terms.
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Bill Murray
Funny man Murray was a pre-med student at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. He dropped out, and became a part of The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago.
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Zooey Deschanel
The (500) Days of Summer actress dropped out of Northwestern University shortly after enrolling to fully pursue her dream of acting.
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Amanda Seyfried
Mean Girls actress Amanda Seyfried is rumored to have walked out of Fordham University on her first day of classes.
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