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Yara Shahidiis one step closer to her college degree.
TheGrown-ishactress revealed in a sweet Instagram video Wednesday that she finished her very lengthy thesis at Harvard University. In the clip, the 22-year-old is standing outside in the snow, announcing the accomplishment in a format similar to a boxing match introduction.
“Weighing in at 32,508 words and 136 pages, is this thesis writer, Yara Sayeh Shahidi! Let’s go,” she celebrated with a laugh, flexing her muscles while decked out in her Harvard gear.
“YOUR FAVORITE THESIS WRITER IS OFFICIALLY DONE WRITING✨💪🏽TRY NOT TO BE INTIMIDATED BY MY STATS 😤#ThesisComplete#Harvard#classof2022#LESSSGOOO” she captioned the post.
The actress has proven a number of times that she doesn’t let her success in Hollywood get in the way of her education.
In September 2021, Shahidi revealed that she had a strict curfew at the 73rd annualPrimetime Emmy Awards, saying she requested to present early in the night in order to make it home in time to attend her college class.
“I do fly out tonight to make it to class in time,” Shahidi toldEntertainment Tonightat the time.
Shahidi handed out the second trophy of the night to Brett Goldstein, the winner of thesupporting actor in a comedy seriescategory.
“The lovely people at the Academy really helped me out because I was like, ‘Guys, I have a hard out to make this flight,'” she added.
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Shahidiwas accepted into Harvardin 2017 but took a gap year before beginning her studies. The actress previously toldSeventeenthat shegot into every single school she applied to, which included Stanford University, Yale University and Spelman College.
“I’ve wanted to be a history professor for longer than I’ve wanted to be an actress,” she said of her Harvard acceptance onJimmy Kimmel Live!in 2018. “And so I used to have the Harvard webpage up, and I’d go through the course catalog. So needless to say, this is something I’ve been planning for a long time.”
Shahidi later toldThe Hollywood Reporterthat she wanted “to have as much of a college experience as possible,” which is the reason she “decided to apply in the first place.”
source: people.com
