Scotty McCreery hounded by classmates for autographs
Country star-turned-college student Scotty Mccreery is constantly hounded by classmates for his autograph.
The former American Idol winner enrolled as a freshman at North Carolina State University this autumn (12) and McCreery insists he hasn't had any trouble balancing his schoolwork with his career.
He tells TasteOfCountry.com, "I'm enjoying it. For me, my number
one priority always has to be the music, and I'm going to work
school around my music - not music around my school...
"So far, it's not been that difficult... I've just had to have
better time management on the road. Instead of sitting down for an
hour playing Xbox (video games), I have to sit down and study or
write a paper. That just comes with growing up and maturing. As
long as I can do that, I think this whole college thing is going to
be easy. If I just wait until 5am when something's due in the
morning, then that might kill me, but we'll see."
The Trouble With Girls hitmaker admits his only difficulty is
trying to dodge requests for his autograph on campus.
He adds, "I've had classmates ask (for autographs), but at school I
try and stay away from that. Not so much because I don't want to -
I mean, I'd love to sit there and sign for everybody, but when I'm
at school, I'm a student, and I don't want to take away from
anybody else's education, and I don't want to take away from mine.
I'm not going there to be Scotty McCreery the celebrity in my math
class. I'm going there to actually learn the course and get a
degree. So they've asked, and I respect that, but for the most part
I try and stay away from that at college."