Emma Watson confirms she is transferring from Brown University... but denies it's because of 'bullying'

By Daily Mail Reporter


I'm outta here: Emma Watson, seen today at Heathrow Airport, has confirmed she is transferring from Brown University


Emma Watson has confirmed she will be transferring from Brown University to another school this autumn.

The Harry Potter star's announcement comes just days after it was claimed the reason she put her studies on hold at the university was because she was taunted by her peers in class.

Watson's representative Vanessa Davies said the actress – who has a fortune estimated at £10million – had decided to pursue a course not offered at Brown, and had 'absolutely loved' her time at the institution.

Davies also denied reports that Watson had been picked on at the Ivy League institution by fellow students.

Miss Watson is said to have been the subject of frequent jibes whenever she answered questions in lectures.

A source told the New York Daily News: ‘They would respond with a quote from Harry Potter. The most popular choice was, “Three points for Gryffindor!”’

Gryffindor is one of the competing houses at Hogwarts, the franchise’s school of wizardry. Miss Watson’s peers at the university in Rhode Island also shouted phrases from the film at her as she watched an American football game, it is alleged.

Miss Watson, who was studying European women’s history and drama, has admitted being ‘scared’ that she wouldn’t fit in when she arrived at the university in September 2009.

She said of her peers: ‘I was afraid they’d think, “You’re famous. You’re given free handbags. Why should you deserve to be normal?”’

Watson's peers also shouted phrases from the film at her as she watched an American football game, the newspaper reported.

Last month Watson, 21, announced she was putting her studies at the Providence, Rhode Island institution on hold.

'I will still be working towards my degree... it's just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought,' she wrote on her website.

Taunts: Watson, pictured here at Brown University last year, has been the subject of teasing by her fellow students, it has been claimed


'As you know, I love Brown and I love studying pretty much more than anything but recently I've had so much to juggle that being a student AND fulfilling my other commitments has become a little impossible.'

Watson is now busy working on a number of fashion projects before she turns her attention to the promotion trail when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is released in July.

Brown University is one of the top colleges in the United States, boasting alumni including former presidents, diplomats, royalty and a heavy sprinkling of celebrities' offspring.

Determined to fit in: The actress, pictured here during her first semester at the school in 2009, wanted to be treated like any other student

Goodbye: Emma said she is leaving because she wants to take a course not offered at Brown


It was number 1 for America's 'Happiest College Students', according to the Princeton Review 2010 rankings.

It has also been named 'the most fashionable school in the Ivy League' by the fashion trade journal Women's Wear Daily.

Watson achieved straight As in her A-levels before landing a place at the university.

Studious: The actress became a household name playing bookworm Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series


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Emma Watson confirms she is transferring from Brown University... but denies it's because of 'bullying'

By Daily Mail Reporter


I'm outta here: Emma Watson, seen today at Heathrow Airport, has confirmed she is transferring from Brown University


Emma Watson has confirmed she will be transferring from Brown University to another school this autumn.

The Harry Potter star's announcement comes just days after it was claimed the reason she put her studies on hold at the university was because she was taunted by her peers in class.

Watson's representative Vanessa Davies said the actress – who has a fortune estimated at £10million – had decided to pursue a course not offered at Brown, and had 'absolutely loved' her time at the institution.

Davies also denied reports that Watson had been picked on at the Ivy League institution by fellow students.

Miss Watson is said to have been the subject of frequent jibes whenever she answered questions in lectures.

A source told the New York Daily News: ‘They would respond with a quote from Harry Potter. The most popular choice was, “Three points for Gryffindor!”’

Gryffindor is one of the competing houses at Hogwarts, the franchise’s school of wizardry. Miss Watson’s peers at the university in Rhode Island also shouted phrases from the film at her as she watched an American football game, it is alleged.

Miss Watson, who was studying European women’s history and drama, has admitted being ‘scared’ that she wouldn’t fit in when she arrived at the university in September 2009.

She said of her peers: ‘I was afraid they’d think, “You’re famous. You’re given free handbags. Why should you deserve to be normal?”’

Watson's peers also shouted phrases from the film at her as she watched an American football game, the newspaper reported.

Last month Watson, 21, announced she was putting her studies at the Providence, Rhode Island institution on hold.

'I will still be working towards my degree... it's just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought,' she wrote on her website.

Taunts: Watson, pictured here at Brown University last year, has been the subject of teasing by her fellow students, it has been claimed


'As you know, I love Brown and I love studying pretty much more than anything but recently I've had so much to juggle that being a student AND fulfilling my other commitments has become a little impossible.'

Watson is now busy working on a number of fashion projects before she turns her attention to the promotion trail when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is released in July.

Brown University is one of the top colleges in the United States, boasting alumni including former presidents, diplomats, royalty and a heavy sprinkling of celebrities' offspring.

Determined to fit in: The actress, pictured here during her first semester at the school in 2009, wanted to be treated like any other student

Goodbye: Emma said she is leaving because she wants to take a course not offered at Brown


It was number 1 for America's 'Happiest College Students', according to the Princeton Review 2010 rankings.

It has also been named 'the most fashionable school in the Ivy League' by the fashion trade journal Women's Wear Daily.

Watson achieved straight As in her A-levels before landing a place at the university.

Studious: The actress became a household name playing bookworm Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series


source:dailymail

Emma Watson's brand new home !!

The star of Harry Potter series, Emma Watson studying Liberal Arts at Brown University has told a local Californian newspaper that she loves US and that it is like her second home and that it was an adventure for her living out there.



Meeting with all the journalists in America at an interview this week and hearing the American accents made US feel her more at home. Her opinion informs us that Americans were friendly, open-minded, faithful and warm people.




Emma Watson also let us know that she felt bad at the thought of ending the shootings for Harry Potter series especially when working for it for more than ten years now; she enjoyed a lot! However, on the other hand, our Hermione Granger has become tired from the hard work she has devoted behind making the movie but then, she is eager to see where the water rolls down to in future.




She says, “Though people know that it is time for Harry Potter to finish, but Emma never feels in that way; this is just the beginning of the shooting. She does not want anyone to call it the end of something which is so special to her.”