Vanessa Carlton Won't Skip School!

NEW YORK (V. Carlton Fans Forums) - Even though Vanessa Carlton has made a big splash with her debut album, "Be Not Nobody," she still plans to go back to school next year.

The 21-year-old singer and pianist took classes part time at Columbia University before she scored a top 10 hit with her first single, "A Thousand Miles." She says she plans to take classes full time for a semester in the fall of 2003.
"It's going to be a nice little break," she has told in an interview this month.

Carlton said even though she's become a fixture on MTV, she doesn't expect she'll have trouble fitting in at the Ivy League university.
"I don't see myself any different than I was before," she said.