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* [[Lou Gehrig]] (signed a contract with the Yankees and bolted)
 
* [[Lou Gehrig]] (signed a contract with the Yankees and bolted)
 
* [[Langston Hughes]] (from the [[School of Mines]] - that's right, one of the great American poets was a [[SEAS]] drop-out...)
 
* [[Langston Hughes]] (from the [[School of Mines]] - that's right, one of the great American poets was a [[SEAS]] drop-out...)
* [[Eudora Welty]] (from the [[Business School]], perhaps for obvious reasons)
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* [[w:Eudora Welty|Eudora Welty]] (from the [[Business School]], perhaps for obvious reasons)
 
* [[Jack Kerouac]]
 
* [[Jack Kerouac]]
 
* [[Alicia Keys]]
 
* [[Alicia Keys]]
 
* [[Lauryn Hill]]
 
* [[Lauryn Hill]]
 
* [[Jake Gyllenhaal]]
 
* [[Jake Gyllenhaal]]
* [[Isamu Noguchi]] (dropped out of CC's premed program to sculpt full-time)
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* [[w:Isamu Noguchi|Isamu Noguchi]] (dropped out of CC's premed program to sculpt full-time)
* [[José Raúl Capablanca]] (World Chess Champion, 1921-1927; dropped out of the School of Mines after one semester because he spent too much time playing chess)
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* [[w:José Raúl Capablanca|José Raúl Capablanca]] (World Chess Champion, 1921-1927; dropped out of the School of Mines after one semester because he spent too much time playing chess)
 
* [[Mortimer J. Adler]] (spread the gospel of the [[Core Curriculum]] to the [[University of Chicago]] and [[St. John's College]] in Annapolis. He didn't bother to take the [[Swim Test]], and came back to teach Core classes with [[John Erskine]].)
 
* [[Mortimer J. Adler]] (spread the gospel of the [[Core Curriculum]] to the [[University of Chicago]] and [[St. John's College]] in Annapolis. He didn't bother to take the [[Swim Test]], and came back to teach Core classes with [[John Erskine]].)
 
* [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (from the [[Law School]], after being elected to State Assembly)
 
* [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (from the [[Law School]], after being elected to State Assembly)
 
* [[Franklin Roosevelt]] (from the Law School, after passing the Bar)
 
* [[Franklin Roosevelt]] (from the Law School, after passing the Bar)
* [[Utada Hikaru]]
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* [[w:Utada Hikaru|Utada Hikaru]]
 
*[[John Parke Custis]], [[George Washington]]'s stepson
 
*[[John Parke Custis]], [[George Washington]]'s stepson
  
 
[[Category:Drop outs|*]]
 
[[Category:Drop outs|*]]

Revision as of 05:21, 2 December 2007

Some, (okay, maybe most) of Columbia's most famous students never actually graduated. That's right, a Columbia education is SO good, that you don't even need a full 4 years to take the world by storm!