*“Black-ish” star Yara Shahidi will head to the college of her choice sometime in the near future.
The 17-year-old revealed in an interview with Seventeen on Monday that has gotten acceptance letters from every last school she applied to.
“I did get all of my college acceptances and I’m keeping them close to the belt as of right now, but I got into every college I applied to,” said the ABC star.
“So that’s really exciting. I found all of that out last week,” she said, and added, “My college plans are all up in the air, but I will choose within the next month.”
Last October, the actress said that she plans to defer college for at least a year. “I know when Malia Obama announced [she was deferring], she got a lot of slack, but I feel like what’s interesting is I know so many people that are deferring. It’s more than to just roam around or just sit down and stare at a wall, but it will also give me an opportunity to work,” Shahidi said. “I’ve been working more than half of my life and that’s always been balanced with school and all of the other responsibilities, so to have a year to focus on work and to focus on specified interests will be nice before I pick a career and choose what I want to study and my life path.”
“I think no matter what, I know that I want to go to college. I know that I’m going to defer a year and I’m willing to have a more unorthodox college experience, but at a certain point I want to be on a campus,” she continued.
As previously reported, this year’s season finale of “Black-ish” will double as a possible back door pilot for a spinoff to follow Yahidi’s character Zoey through her college years.
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