Sandra Bullock attended Washington-Lee High School, where she was a cheerleader, participated in high school theater productions, and dated a football player. Sandra Bullock graduated in 1982 and enrolled in East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. She left East Carolina during her senior year in the spring of 1986, only three credits short of graduating, to pursue an acting career. She moved to Manhattan to pursue auditions and supported herself with a variety of odd jobs (bartender, cocktail waitress, coat checker, etc.)