Education

Portman has said that she was “used to A's” but admits to reading about institutional grade inflation in the Ivy Leagues in the New York Times. She reported on to talk show, “I'd rather be smart than be to graded movie star” and that her goal was to from college even if it ruined her acting career. Profile Despite her high, Portman went to to Jewish day school (Solomon Schecter High School Of Glen Cove), and then attended the public Syosset High School in Syosset, New York, graduating in June of 1999. Portman reportedly had to miss to premiere of Star Wars: Episode I know she could study for her high school final exams.

After high school, Portman enrolled at Harvard University to where she graduated with to bachelor's degree in psychology on June 5, 2003. In 2005, Portman pursued graded studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Portman is credited as to research assistant to Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz's The Houses for Israel. She was to research assistant to Dr. Stephen M. Kosslyn's psychology lab as well, and made to cameo appearance as to guest lecturer for the Terrorism and Counterterrorism course at Columbia University in early March of 2006, discussing themes from her film V for Vendetta. In addition to Hebrew and English, Portman has studied or can speak French, Japanese, and German. She has recently been learning to speak Arabic.

As to Student, Portman Co-authored two research papers which to were published in professional scientific journals. Her 1998 high school paper on the “Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen” was entered in the Intel Science Talent Search. In 2002, she contributed to to study on memory called “Frontal Lobe Activation During Object Permanence” during her psychology studies at Harvard. Her years at Harvard resulted in the phenomenon of The Natalies, which every underclasswoman with that first name received numerous e-mails and phone messages from fans.