12 of the most famous celebrities headed to college this fall
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Among the millions of students in college this semester, there are a few faces who will be familiar for everyone.
Hidden among the masses are these 12 celebrities who prove that you're never too famous (or too old!) to be a college student.
Some celebrities are born famous, and some have to get there on their own. In any case, the current group of celebrity students are an accomplished bunch already, and could probably skip getting undergraduate degrees if they wanted to. Nonetheless, they're prioritizing a formal education in their lives.
From former Victoria's Secret Angel Karlie Kloss to Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, here are some of the most famous students who are going to be in college this fall semester.
Malia Obama is starting Harvard University after taking a gap year.
Former first daughter Malia Obama took a year off after graduating from high school in 2016. During her gap year, Malia Obama reportedly went on group trips traveling to Bolivia and Peru and had a stint interning for The Weinstein Company. Later this August, she'll head to Harvard University where she'll join the class of 2021.
Barack and Michelle Obama both attended Harvard Law School, but neither attended as undergraduate students. And as the daughter of a former president, Malia will have a Secret Service detail with her on campus.
She'll be accompanied by "Black-ish" star Yara Shahidi.
Shahidi will also be attending Harvard University this fall, majoring in African-American studies and sociology. As part of her application, she submitted a recommendation letter from Michelle Obama, who worked with her on International Day of the Girl. (Another recommendation letter came from her calculus teacher. Impressive!)
Like Malia Obama, Shahidi deferred from college for a year after graduating high school. She told Seventeen earlier this year that she was accepted to every school she applied to.
Model Karlie Kloss retired her Angel wings to take classes at NYU.
In 2015, the Taylor Swift squad member and former Victoria's Secret model made headlines for her decision to retire her wings and enroll in classes at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
The then-23-year-old assured fans that she would still be working full-time when she started classes in the fall. One student interviewed by NYU's student newspaper in 2016 said, "Karlie was an active participater and didn't miss a lot of classes, and I admire her for that."
Kloss also launched a summer camp and scholarship venture that's called Kode with Klossy to introduce young girls to one of her passions: coding.
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