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Tyra Banks - "I am sitting in my @harvardhbs dorm pondering the massive undertaking of @ModelLand that launches later this year. I came to the business school many years ago with the #ModelLand dream in mind and now launch is so close. I have returned to school to refresh the knowledge I gained and to make sure I am more than equipped to bring you an attraction like you’ve never experienced before. A place that allows you to be the fantasy version of yourself. The genius professors here at #HBS are sharing their world class knowledge so that I can then take that and give YOU what you deserve. Thank you to all of the faculty for your tireless teachings and for believing in your students so much. I hope to make you proud." Tyra Banks

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Ciara - "I always dreamt of going to college, but by God’s grace, my music career took me on a path that I’m so thankful for. This week I got accepted into Harvard! Words cannot describe my excitement! Thank you @anitaelberse for a once in in a lifetime opportunity to attend @Harvard BEMS. #WhyNotHER" Ciara

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Malia Obama - Yaaas! First daughter Malia Obama will be attending Harvard in the fall of the 2017 — following in the footsteps of her powerful parents. But Ms. Obama isn’t the only African-American notable who has attended one of the nation’s top colleges. Here are a few more. By Kellee Terrell (Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Michelle Obama - Michelle Obama just didn’t go to Harvard law like her husband, President Barack Obama, but she also attended Princeton for her undergrad, making her the only first lady in history to have two Ivy League degrees. You better werk, FLOTUS!(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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Tracee Ellis Ross - The Black-ish star's credentials exceed making us laugh and giving us hair envy. The former model and Girlfriends star attended Brown University, graduating with a theater degree in 1994. Last year, her alma mater even awarded her with an honorary doctoral degree. (Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

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Lupita Nyong'o - Before Lupita Nyong'o became an Oscar-winning actress and the coveted face of Lancôme, she was working on her MFA at Yale, studying drama. It’s there that the Kenyan beauty honed her acting skills — and it clearly paid off!(Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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Sanaa Lathan - Lupita Nyong'o isn’t the only one on this list who attended Yale’s drama school. The Perfect Man and Best Man Holiday actress also attended the prestigious school where she, too, earned an MFA. (Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images for Kimora Lee Simmons)

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Rashida Jones - The daughter of music icon Quincy Jones and Angie Tribeca star graduated from the prestigious Harvard University in 1997. The funny woman's focus? Religion and philosophy.  (Photo: Mike Windle/Getty Images for Turner)

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Alicia Keys - The singer and fellow New Yorker got a music scholarship to Columbia University in Harlem. She didn’t stay the whole four years, though. She left briefly after starting at the Ivy League to work on her music career. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Bacardi)

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Yaya DaCosta - Before we knew her as Nurse April Sexton on NBC's Chicago Med or "smizing" for Tyra Banks on America's Next Top Model, Yaya DeCosta was studying hard at Brown, working on two degrees in Africana studies and international relations. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Shonda Rhimes - The mind behind ABC's Thursday night Shondaland lineup got her start at Dartmouth, where she studied English and film studies before she headed to USC for graduate school to study screen writing. (Photo: Rich Polk/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

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Aisha Tyler - The Emmy-winning talk show host and comic Aisha Tyler graduated a year after Shonda Rhimes at Dartmouth and later pursued a career in stand-up. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Tyra Banks - While most people on this list went to school before they got famous, Tyra did it the other way around. In 2012, she got a a non-degree-granting certificate course for business from Harvard. Way to go, Tyra!(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for NATAS)