Dakota Fanning

Fanning started New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study in fall 2011, and she's "on the brink of graduating," according to Teen Vogue.

"They've been very flexible with my schedule and allowed me to do independent studies and take classes and sort of come in and out," the "War of the Worlds" actress told Indiewire. "Everybody's been very understanding and supportive of that. It's kind of what Gallatin was founded upon, so it's really worked for me."

Fanning has also been using her perch to talk about inequality in the entertainment industry.

"It's frustrating that you still have to talk about it," she told Elle. "As part of my school, I've studied lots of different periods, and if you go back to, like, The Taming of the Shrew, it's talking about the disparity between genders, and it's crazy that we still haven't cracked that."

[Photo via @dakotafanning]

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