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• Rooney Mara: Individualized Study (Psychology, Social Policy) at NYUActress Rooney Mara attended NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she designed her own major focusing on psychology, international social policy, and nonprofits. This interest is reflected in her founding of a charity focused on Kibera slums in Kenya before her major acting breakthrough. Gallatin’s flexible curriculum aligns

with her tendency to choose complex, non-mainstream film roles.