She went on to study journalism at the University of Connecticut and then at New York University, while acting in television commercials to earn extra money; she has said that she dropped out a semester before graduating due to her success as an actress.
She went on to study journalism as an undergraduate, first at the University of Connecticut and then at New York University. She dropped out of college a semester before she would have graduated, and has said this decision was due to her success as an actress.