Reese Witherspoon is a fan favorite and critical darling. She recently won her first Academy Award for her portrayal as the wife of Johnny Cash in the 2005 biopic Walk the Line. Before her big break as an actress though, she was a student at Stanford University where she majored in English Literature.

 

Witherspoon dropped out of school almost i...

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Alicia Keys. This nine-time Grammy Award winner is the talent responsible for chart-toppers such as “No One,” “Fallin’,” “If I Ain’t Got You” and “A Woman’s Worth.” Before her big break in the music industry though, Keys attended Columbia University when she was just 16.

Obviously, she dropped out to pursue her dreams in music. She has been wi

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