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A Student, And Then Some: James Franco's University Career

The Scholarly Career Of James Franco
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James Franco's education is characterized by epic accomplishment and defiant unreality. His recent admission to the University of Houston -- coming one year after he was accepted to Yale -- begs the question: How can one man attend two Ph.D programs thousands of miles apart at the same time? And perhaps more theoretically: How much creative writing instruction can one person physically have?

We don't have the answers to those questions, but we do have a look back at Franco's illustrious -- and ostensibly perpetual -- academic career. Click through to see the way he was/is, from L.A. to New York to Connecticut to North Carolina to back to Connecticut. Aut disce aut discede, James.

The Scholarly Career Of James Franco
UCLA(01 of08)
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Franco first enrolled at UCLA in 1996, but dropped out after his freshman year to act. He re-enrolled in 2006, taking anywhere from 20-62 credits per semester. The regular course load is 19 credits. (credit:Flickr: ideowl)
Columbia University(02 of08)
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Franco enrolled in Columbia's MFA program in 2008 and graduated in 2010. (credit:Google)
NYU(03 of08)
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While at Columbia, Franco also decided to attend a filmmaking program at NYU. "The new critique you're gonna start hearing about James Franco," he told New York Magazine "is 'He's spreading himself too thin.' " (credit:Getty Images)
Brooklyn College(04 of08)
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At the same time, Franco attended Brooklyn College for more instruction in creative writing. (credit:Wikimedia Commons)
Warren Wilson College (05 of08)
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While he was enrolled in three New York-based MFA programs, Franco frequented Warren Wilson College in North Carolina for extra poetry training. (credit:Wikimedia Commons)
Yale University(06 of08)
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In 2010, Franco was accepted into Yale's English Ph.D program. (credit:Wikimedia Commons)
RISD(07 of08)
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"Is it art?" James Franco once asked at the end of a Wall Street Journal editorial addressing his appearance on General Hospital. It was hard to know, of course, but we do know that Franco sought a technical background in the aforementioned subject, attending RISD. (credit:Flickr: janeyhenning)
University of Houston(08 of08)
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Another doctoral degree, because why not? Franco was accepted to the University of Houston's literature and creative writing program this month. (credit:Wikimedia Commons)

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