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I came from a Hindi medium school... the principal felt that I would not fit into an English medium college. Though I was top in my class in school, and I got admission in other colleges, but I really wanted to study in St. Xavier's.

— Lakshmi Mittal

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college.

— Christie Hefner

I got into the Shanghai Drama Institute because my parents, like all parents, want their children to have good grades and to go to a good college. I became a college student because of them.

— Li Bingbing

Being in Loyola College exposed me to other options and gave me confidence, apart from the freedom to bunk classes. I became a merchandiser and then a garment manufacturer, and interacting with foreign buyers and manufacturing foreign brands in India gave me a high.

— Suriya

I kept on telling my parents school wasn't for me. And they were like, 'No you need to go university.'

— KSI

My split with the university was over the fact that I had become involved with helping Tibetans in India.

— George Woodcock

I did try to go to college and try to be an English major.

— Hamish Linklater

I was never particularly academic, so it was no great surprise when I failed my 11-plus and consequently went to Wibsey Secondary Modern. I did all right in English, history and music, which were the subjects that most interested me.

— Kiki Dee

I was an English major in college!

— Maggie Siff

✗Opposing Perspectives

I grew up in Madras and did my schooling at St. Bedes and college at Loyola.

— Mahesh Babu

I didn't apply to any colleges - I lied to all my friends and told them I was going to UCSD, because all their parents would be like, 'Mark, where're you going to college?' and I'd just lie 'cause I felt it was unrealistic to be an actor.

— Mark Ruffalo