Woods ultimately chose to pursue his undergraduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he majored in political science[8] (though he originally planned on a career as an eye surgeon). While at MIT, Woods pledged to Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. He was also an active member of the student theatre group “Dramashop” where he both acted in and directed a number of plays. In order to pursue a career in acting, he dropped out of MIT in 1969 before his graduation.[9] Woods has said that he became an actor thanks to Tim Affleck (father of actor Ben Affleck), who was a stage manager at the Theatre Company of Boston while Woods was a student there.
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didn’t know that
James Woods also has a genius IQ. He did not get into Mit because of his acting chops.