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Emma Watson was bullied by classmates at a top US college who taunted her with lines from the Harry Potter movies, it has been claimed. They seemed to think she was Hermione Granger.
The actress, who plays Hermione Granger in the franchise, would answer questions in class at Brown University only to find her fellow students would make wisecracks.
A source said: '[They] would respond with a quote from Harry Potter.
'The most popular choice was "Three points for Gryffindor!"'
Characters in the films would often shout that phrase out when a student at the fictional Hogwarts school got a correct answer.

Watson's peers also shouted phrases from the film at her as she watched an American football game, the New York Daily News reports.

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.
'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.'
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
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.
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It has been claimed that she is planning to leave Brown and transfer to another US university, possibly in New York.

Before her classes began in 2009, Watson was hopeful that she would be treated like any other student.
She said at the time: 'I do hope that it will be only a short time before I am known as "Emma Watson, the student from the UK" rather than "Emma Watson who starred in those Harry Potter films".'
Taking leave: Emma has putting her studies at Brown University on hold while she finished work on the Harry Potter movies
That same year, Mark Nickel, the school’s director of communications, said: 'We do whatever we need to do to ensure safety and privacy, and that applies pretty much to all students.'
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.

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.

A spokesperson for the actress was unavailable for comment when contacted by Mail Online.


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