Who is The Smartest Celebrity?

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<p>I thought Matt damon was 'famous' before he went to Harvard..
Didnt he film+write that movie called Good Will Hunting before Harvard?</p>

<p>Correct me if im wrong but Alicia Keys chose Columbia records instead of Columbia University (ie she did not attend) - I read that in some magazine. But even if she didnt attend, kudos for her for getting in!</p>

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<p>You folks all really need to get out more. I know your lives are completely consumed by the college admissions process, but I think you can do better than measuring smartness by whether someone was once admitted to an Ivy League university.</p>

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<p>gee, i didnt know any of this stuff about will smith</p>

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<p>Nope. He started writing the story that later became Good Will Hunting while he was attending Harvard. But it didn't get finished and made into a movie until after he had dropped out and moved to Los Angeles.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/matt_damon_biog.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/matt_damon_biog.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>It surprises me that Will Smith got so high on his SATs and can solve a Rubik's Cube. I actually remember on an episode of Fresh Prince he solved a Rubik's cube for an Admission guy from Princeton and the guy thought he was like a genius. They were begging him to come to Princeton. Of course Carleton was jealous. IMO though Rubik's cube are not that hard to learn how to solve. Im pretty sure anyone on CC can learn to solve one. My fastest is like a little over a minute.</p>

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<p>Julia Stiles went to Columbia...</p>

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<p>then, what is the difference between clever and smart</p>

<p>I think bill gates is the smartest. Hands down</p>

<p>but he should not have dropped out of harvard</p>

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I think bill gates is the smartest. Hands down</p>

<p>but he should not have dropped out of harvard

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<p>dropping out of harvard was probably the best thing that he ever did. i mean, HELLO?!?!</p>

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<p>Smart = acing tests, learning quickly, etc.</p>

<p>Clever = taking full advantage of opportunities as they are made available.</p>

<p>Bill Gates is more clever than smart, but he's definitely both.</p>

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<p>Meryl Streep is pretty smart. Went to Yale, has had a terrific, award winning career, all while maintaining a private life, hasn't had any horrifying plastic surgery, and has her pick of roles.</p>

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<p>i agree with extemporaneous. Dropping out of Harvard was a really smart move. I mean its not like he's working at McDonalds. Bill Gates was too good for Harvard.</p>

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<p>Shirley Temple's IQ was recorded as 155. She was a really bright child, and grew up to be a really bright woman.</p>

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<p>Just to revive this thread, here is an interesting site w/celebrity SAT scores. I'm not sure if all of these are verified.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.powerscore.com/sat/help/celebrity_scores.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.powerscore.com/sat/help/celebrity_scores.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>"Bill Clinton: 1032
42nd President of the United States"</p>

<p>Really? No way. Bill Cosby had to have gotten higher than a 400.</p>

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<p>How about Reese Witherspoon? didn't she go to Stanford before becoming famous?</p>

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<p>I read somewhere that George W Bush's scores were both in the 500s...(It said that numbers, but I just can't remember them). How the hell do u get a 1206 anyways?</p>

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<p>Of course Bill Gates wins, hands down.</p>

<p>Conan O'Brien secondhandedly takes the cake.</p>

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<p>There are alot of smart celebrities like Amerie (Georgetown), John Legend (UPenn), Lucy Liu (Michigan), John Stewart (Williams and Mary), Stephen Colbert (Northwestern), etc.</p>

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<p>Maybe they don't know for sure and averaged several sources?</p>

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<p>Figgy, they used a different method back then.</p>