2:12 pm - 01/15/2013
A new college semester is about to begin and that means that students are preparing to head back to school for the spring semester. But some students have to juggle a bit more than just classes and schoolwork.
We've found the 16 most famous kids in college this semester. These celebrities are pursuing their college degrees, juggling class and exams with the responsibilities of public life.
They're musicians, actors, models and athletes who somehow find a way to balance their college careers with their professional ones—an impressive feat for such young people.
They go to school all over America, from New York City's School of Visual Arts to California's University of Southern California.
We've listed them here in alphabetical order. Let us know who we missed!
Elizabeth Beisel
College: University of Florida
Year: Junior
Beisel won a silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley event in the 2012 London Olympics. Even though she is a college student, Beisel is a two-time Olympian: she competed in the 2008 Beiijing Olympics at the age of 15. Beisel is also the 2011 world champion in the 400 IM.
She is majoring in communications at the University of Florida.
Miranda Cosgrove
College: University of Southern California
Year: Freshman
This actress and singer-songwriter is best known for her role on Nickelodeon TV's iCarly, but she's also starred in several films, including most notably School of Rock.
Cosgrove said that she took a drawing class last semester, which she really enjoyed.
Justin Combs
College: University of California Los Angeles
Year: Freshman
The son of Sean "P. Diddy" or "Puff Daddy" Combs, Justin Combs graduated with a 3.75 GPA from New Rochelle Iona Prep, a top private school, and is attending UCLA —on a $54,000 football scholarship.
The son of a multi-millionaire, Combs faced a lot of criticism for accepting the scholarship, but the 5-foot-9, 170-pound defensive back defended his decision to accept the scholarship, tweeting that he "put that work in" and earned the scholarship.
Combs made his debut as a UCLA Bruin last semester.
Dakota Fanning
College: New York University
Year: Sophomore
This film actress, who has starred in the Twilight films,The Secret Life of Bees and The Runaways, is a sophomore at NYU.
Chester "Chet" Hanks (aka Chet Haze)
College: Northwestern University
Year: Senior
The son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson doesn't just rely on his parents' fame: he's trying to make a name for himself as a rapper/singer called "Chet Haze." Last year, Chet Haze dropped his first rap single called "White and Purple,” a Northwestern-themed remake of “Black and Yellow.” Since then, he's recorded several songs, including "Hollywood" and "Do It Better." He has evenperformed some songs on campus.
Georgia May Jagger
College: School of Visual Arts, New York City
Year: Junior
The daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, Georgia May Jagger has already made a name for herself as a Rimmel London model. But that's not enough for the British beauty.
She wants to pursue photography; The Daily Mailreported that she has her sights set on becoming a wildlife photographer. She is a student at the New York's School Of Visual Arts, where she is studying photography, art and life drawing.
Sam Mikulak
School: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Year: Junior
Mikulak was Dalton's teammate on the U.S. men's gymnastics team. During the all-around team final, he competed in four events: floor exercise, pommel horse, vault and parallel bars. When he's not busy being an Olympian, Mikulak is a gymnast for the Wolverines.
Xi Mingze
School: Harvard University
Year: Junior
Xi Mingze is the daughter of China's Communist president Xi Jinping. It came out just recently that she is a student at Harvard, studying under a pseudonym.
Xi has kept a quiet profile at Harvard. Not much is known about her, but friends say that she is "a bookworm, very quiet and studious," according to the Mail.
Patrick Schwarzenegger
College: University of Southern California
Year: Freshman
The 18-year-old son of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and activist Maria Shriver, Patrick is an actor, model, and a Freshman at USC. Like any normal college kid, his parents helped him move in to his dorm last semester.
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
College: New York University
Year: Juniors
These twin brothers first rose to fame in the Adam Sandler film Big Daddy. They've since starred in the Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The twins are juniors at NYU.
Emma Watson
College: Oxford University & Brown University
Year: Junior
Watson, who is most famous for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, began her college career as a freshman at Brown University in 2009.
However, the pressure that comes with fame and rigorous studies caught up with her and she decided totransfer to Oxford University for her junior year. Watson is now back at Brown, where she plans to complete her undergraduate degree.
You can view the rest at the source.
The 16 Most Famous Kids in College Right Now
A new college semester is about to begin and that means that students are preparing to head back to school for the spring semester. But some students have to juggle a bit more than just classes and schoolwork.
We've found the 16 most famous kids in college this semester. These celebrities are pursuing their college degrees, juggling class and exams with the responsibilities of public life.
They're musicians, actors, models and athletes who somehow find a way to balance their college careers with their professional ones—an impressive feat for such young people.
They go to school all over America, from New York City's School of Visual Arts to California's University of Southern California.
We've listed them here in alphabetical order. Let us know who we missed!
Elizabeth Beisel
College: University of Florida
Year: Junior
Beisel won a silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley event in the 2012 London Olympics. Even though she is a college student, Beisel is a two-time Olympian: she competed in the 2008 Beiijing Olympics at the age of 15. Beisel is also the 2011 world champion in the 400 IM.
She is majoring in communications at the University of Florida.
Miranda Cosgrove
College: University of Southern California
Year: Freshman
This actress and singer-songwriter is best known for her role on Nickelodeon TV's iCarly, but she's also starred in several films, including most notably School of Rock.
Cosgrove said that she took a drawing class last semester, which she really enjoyed.
Justin Combs
College: University of California Los Angeles
Year: Freshman
The son of Sean "P. Diddy" or "Puff Daddy" Combs, Justin Combs graduated with a 3.75 GPA from New Rochelle Iona Prep, a top private school, and is attending UCLA —on a $54,000 football scholarship.
The son of a multi-millionaire, Combs faced a lot of criticism for accepting the scholarship, but the 5-foot-9, 170-pound defensive back defended his decision to accept the scholarship, tweeting that he "put that work in" and earned the scholarship.
Combs made his debut as a UCLA Bruin last semester.
Dakota Fanning
College: New York University
Year: Sophomore
This film actress, who has starred in the Twilight films,The Secret Life of Bees and The Runaways, is a sophomore at NYU.
Chester "Chet" Hanks (aka Chet Haze)
College: Northwestern University
Year: Senior
The son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson doesn't just rely on his parents' fame: he's trying to make a name for himself as a rapper/singer called "Chet Haze." Last year, Chet Haze dropped his first rap single called "White and Purple,” a Northwestern-themed remake of “Black and Yellow.” Since then, he's recorded several songs, including "Hollywood" and "Do It Better." He has evenperformed some songs on campus.
Georgia May Jagger
College: School of Visual Arts, New York City
Year: Junior
The daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, Georgia May Jagger has already made a name for herself as a Rimmel London model. But that's not enough for the British beauty.
She wants to pursue photography; The Daily Mailreported that she has her sights set on becoming a wildlife photographer. She is a student at the New York's School Of Visual Arts, where she is studying photography, art and life drawing.
Sam Mikulak
School: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Year: Junior
Mikulak was Dalton's teammate on the U.S. men's gymnastics team. During the all-around team final, he competed in four events: floor exercise, pommel horse, vault and parallel bars. When he's not busy being an Olympian, Mikulak is a gymnast for the Wolverines.
Xi Mingze
School: Harvard University
Year: Junior
Xi Mingze is the daughter of China's Communist president Xi Jinping. It came out just recently that she is a student at Harvard, studying under a pseudonym.
Xi has kept a quiet profile at Harvard. Not much is known about her, but friends say that she is "a bookworm, very quiet and studious," according to the Mail.
Patrick Schwarzenegger
College: University of Southern California
Year: Freshman
The 18-year-old son of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and activist Maria Shriver, Patrick is an actor, model, and a Freshman at USC. Like any normal college kid, his parents helped him move in to his dorm last semester.
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
College: New York University
Year: Juniors
These twin brothers first rose to fame in the Adam Sandler film Big Daddy. They've since starred in the Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The twins are juniors at NYU.
Emma Watson
College: Oxford University & Brown University
Year: Junior
Watson, who is most famous for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, began her college career as a freshman at Brown University in 2009.
However, the pressure that comes with fame and rigorous studies caught up with her and she decided totransfer to Oxford University for her junior year. Watson is now back at Brown, where she plans to complete her undergraduate degree.
You can view the rest at the source.
I couldn't afford another year, and I'm in the UK, no idea how people in the USA afford it.
Well I do know, because I see the student debt comments around here.
But yeah, we usually only take three years over here. Sometimes 4 if it's a Sandwich Degree.
I figure we probably have a lighter workload over here though.
Though tbh I cannot WAIT to be done.
I have no idea what I'm going to do after, so I'm panicking.
I should have taken a useful subject. Or maybe done Erasmus.
Something to drag this out a bit longer.
I swear to god universities do it purposely to squeeze as much money as possible out of people.
Scotland - 17 and above
:)
I definitely had more homework when I was in the UK, but I also spent fewer hours in class so I had more time to actually do the work. In the US, my classes always met 3-5 times a week, in the UK they were never more than twice a week. Also, in the UK I couldn't take more than four classes a semester, but in the US I usually took 5 to 7 classes at a time.
Another huge difference to me was that in the US, I was studying under a liberal arts curriculum so I had to worry about filling those requirements as well as the ones for my major. In the UK, at least the students who attended the same school I did, they ONLY took classes for their major.
So in my experience it's not so much that it's a lighter workload as it's just a very different structure.
My bachelors + Masters = $120k about and I'm lucky I've got my parents helping out. I've only got about $20k paid off so far.