James Franco
I mean, where do we begin? James Franco is the epitome of an overachiever! While he was already a very successful actor, Franco moved to the big apple to simultaneously earn graduate degrees – yeah, that’s not a typo, he simultaneously earned graduate degrees. Columbia University (writing, which he earned in 2010), New York University (film-making) and Brooklyn College (fiction writing). Oh yeah, he also participated in a low-residency MFA poetry program at Warren Wilson College at the same time. Guess what he’s up to now? Why he’s only a PhD student in English at Yale University. Yale, people, Yale. AND, he’s taken classes at the Rhode Island School of Design. Oh wait, one more thing, he’ll be teaching a film class through his own school, Studio4. I just can’t even.
Christy Turlington
Beauty and brains for this supermodel who graduated cum laude in 1999 from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study of New York University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in Comparative Religion and Eastern Philosophy. She then continued her studies at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Umm, can we say impressive?