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While most of Christopher Gray's classmates were probably working on research papers and taking exams, he found himself on the set of ABC's Shark Tank, pitching an idea for a business.

Filming an episode of Shark Tank isn't a traditional step in the academic process, but Gray isn't a student at a traditional school.

Gray is a student at the Drexel University Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship, the first stand-alone school of entrepreneurship in the US. While there are other schools of entrepreneurship, Close is the first to offer degrees.

Image: The Close School's Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship. Image: Halkin Mason Photography