Robin Williams: Unknown Facts About the Comedy Legend

Full Scholarship to Juilliard

Three years after dropping out of Claremont, he was offered a full scholarship to the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. Williams was one of just 20 freshmen to enter the program in 1973 alongside now-famous Christopher Reeve and Mandy Patinkin, but he left the program in 1976 at the advice of his professors.

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