Go to college, win an Oscar (or don't go, learn to act, win an Oscar)

Our cursory examination of IMDB tells us the following about the winners in the four acting categories at the Oscars:

Helen Mirren: can't find any higher education on her bio. Not that she didn't attend...but we can't see anything.

Jennifer Hudson: worked in a Burger King before American Idol.

Forest Whitaker: Attended Berkeley and USC. Points scored by the USC web team for already posting on their school's Oscar wins.

Alan Arkin: Started at Los Angeles City College. Then went to Bennington. No idea if he's a graduate.

What does this prove? Not much, except that the only place that could see an influx of applications after the Oscars? Burger King.