18 Celebrities Who Are Secretly Total Nerds & Way Smarter Than You Ever Realized

Kesha scored a 1500 on her SATs but dropped out of high school just shy of graduation to pursue her pop dreams. But that doesn’t mean she had no interest in learning. According to her interview with Seventeen Magazine, she would often go to a local college and take classes “just for fun.”

JWoww may be a Jersey Shore princess, but she’s also a college grad.

Before she was getting wasted with BFF Snooki on Jersey Shore, the reality star was earning her bachelor’s degree from NYIT in graphic design and computer programming.

The rapper and star of reality show Flavor Of Love idiotic antics hide the fact that he’s a musical genius.

Yep, you read that right: musical genius. Flavor Flav was reportedly a child prodigy who taught himself how to play a variety of instruments, from piano to trombone.

Shakira can move like this and is also insanely smart? The world is not fair.

According to Mensa International, Shakira has an IQ of 140, making her a genius by their standards. She’s also fluent in four languages.

Crawford’s life could have gone very differently had she not pursued modeling.

Crawford earned a scholarship to Northwestern University to study chemical engineering, but dropped out to model during her freshman year.

The host of the trainwreck daytime talk show didn’t start a career by telling people who their real fathers were.

According to Cracked, Springer was a smart politician who worked for Robert F. Kennedy immediately after graduation from Northwestern University and was elected to Cincinnati council when he was just 27 years old.

The Rocky star is equal parts brain and brawn.

Stallone reportedly has an IQ of 160 and is constantly ranked as one of the smartest men in Hollywood.

The Once Upon A Time In America actor attended one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

Woods majored in political science at MIT before dropping out to pursue an acting career.

She may be famous for playing Phoebe on Friends, but if things went a little differently she might have become a scientist.

Kudrow studied biology at Vassar before realizing that she was more interested in comedy than science.

You’ll never believe what this Hangover star was doing before landing his breakout role in the comedy.

Jeong was a doctor of internal medicine who did comedy on the side. It wasn’t until he landed the part of Mr. Chow that he decided to pursue his hobby full-time.

I don’t need to tell you that Franco is one of the busiest actors in Hollywood, but you might be surprised to learn just how much of his time is spent pursuing academia.

Franco has studied at UCLA, NYU, Columbia University, Brooklyn College, and the Rhode Island School of Design. He was recently accepted into Yale University’s English program.

The singer doesn’t just craft ridiculous parodies.

Weird Al was valedictorian of his high school class and graduated two years earlier than he was supposed to.

The Bourne Identity actor is more than just an action star.

Damon attended Harvard University and started the Academy Award-winning script for Good Will Hunting in one of his playwriting courses.

The Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion star also attended the Ivy League school.

Sorvino graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Chinese. She speaks fluent Mandarin.

And, of course, we can’t forget about this Harvard alum.

The Parks and Recreation star studied religion and philosophy at the Ivy League school.

Before she was the star of the Underworld films, she was a student at this prestigious institution.

Beckinsale attended Oxford University before dropping out to pursue her acting career.

The Basic Instinct actress isn’t a member of Mensa, but she is smart enough to qualify.

The actress reportedly has an IQ of 154.

He plays the not-so-bright Luke on Modern Family, but offscreen the child actor is insanely smart.

The actor is a Mensa member with an IQ of 150. He graduated from high school at age 13. We can’t say the same for Luke.