American Idol Counted as College Credits
She knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and wasn’t going to waste it. “This is my time to see the world,” she told People Magazine. “Home will be there when I get back.” But she kept her promise, and in 2006, she graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications.
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Northeastern allowed her to use her time on Idol as an internship credit, which made up for that missing semester and permitted her to graduate: “I’ve obviously done enough with television,” she explained. “There was my internship right there!”