Will Poulter Quotes

I'm very proud to tell you guys I have been accepted into Stanford University, one of the main institutions of learning and research in the world.

The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldn't have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldn't possibly have gone.

I really want to go to Harvard; it's just a matter of timing.

I never graduated high school; they had to change the Ivy League rules. During my tenure at Brown, I helped them become the number one Ivy League school.

Sure enough, it wasn't long until I got a call, telling me I had a scholarship there. It was the only scholarship offer I had and, believe me, I jumped at it.

From age 16 on, I found school boring and failed A-level Physics at my first attempt. This was necessary for university entrance, and so I stayed an extra year to repeat it. This time, I did splendidly and was admitted to Sheffield University, my first choice because of their excellent Chemistry Department.

Had Barack Obama been obliged to take his degree at the University of Akron, say, it is doubtful that his progress would have been remotely as stellar.

Americans don't realize how difficult it is to create a Harvard.

There are those who contend that it does not benefit African-Americans to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a slower-track school where they do well.

I went to Cambridge University and was the first in my family to graduate.

When I got into Yale College, got into Yale Law School. I've worked my tail off.

I auditioned at four different colleges. When I got into the University of Michigan, my parents said, 'Okay, maybe you do have talent.'

There's a lot of amazing people that don't get into college.

In middle school and high school, I had straight A's, and I graduated at the top of my year. On the flip side of that, I struggled with very severe performance anxiety.

I had full rank scholarship to the University of Michigan, which anybody in the north will tell you, I don't know anyone that has had that at the University of Michigan, which tells you that I was a stand up student.

I was a good student. I started college at 16 years old and did okay.

I just thought Harvard sounded great. So let's see if I get in. I didn't really have a big back-up plan.

I did graduate early and even received my master's degree in political science before I turned 22.

Drama at Bristol was an academic course: you were judged on your A-levels, and there were no auditions. I did a BA General degree.

The chips fall into place, but the educational experience I had at Cal, second to none.

I got good grades. I played sports.

Getting a degree from Duke University is an amazing accomplishment for me.

I wanted to do my doctorate. I got honorary doctorates which made me feel very fulfilled.

My dad had to quit school when he was in third grade. My mom had to quit school. They didn't know what I needed, and I didn't know what I needed to keep wrestling and go to school, so that's why I had to go to community college.

In my family, graduating and getting your bachelor's is just the beginning. It's only expected. You're underachieving if you don't strive for more than that.