Emma Watson College Hunt: And the Winner Is. . .

You heard it here first! Well, second. But Miss Emma "New Face of Chanel" Watson has finally spoken: she will be joining, along with Scout Willis and my friends Georgia and Matt, the Brown University class of 2013.

I hope none of you were as foolish as I to believe that the Charlotte E. Watson listed in the Columbia student directory was Emma herself, enrolled as a grad school student. At least I had an excuse - wishful thinking! I mean, hello, I'm going to Barnard in the fall. Barnard is a part of Columbia University (see the Wikipedia page for the technicalities), so my overeager gullibility should thus be reason enough. What's your excuse, Perez Hilton?

In other Emma Watson news, you should all go see Half-Blood Prince IMMEDIATELY!

Emma Watson College Watch

It occurred to me today, after waking up from a strange dream in which I was hanging out with Daniel Radcliffe in the Columbia Quad (right across from Barnard!), that Emma Watson has yet to announce her college plans.

As any high school senior should know, the college deposit deadline this year (and every year) - at least for American schools - is May 1st. It is now May 11th, meaning that at least ten days have passed since Emma sent in her college deposit. Either she's still sitting on waitlists or she has, for some other reason, chosen to withhold her college choice.

Then again, she's already told us she's into Yale. Rumor had it she was also checking out Harvard, Brown, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Maybe she's on one of those waitlists? Too bad she's not joining co-thespian James Franco at Columbia (and too bad Daniel Radcliffe never even applied to Columbia) - I'm always on the lookout for stylish peers who have made friends with Karl Lagerfeld. (Joke. Sort of.)

Anyway, I'll be on the lookout for any announcements about the big news. If you hear anything, please tell me so that I can alert my Ivygoing fashion spies.