Hilary hits back at snobby students

Pop star Hilary Duff has hit back at cruel students who taunted her plans to take online classes at Harvard University.

The 17-year-old So Yesterday singer was desperate to become better educated but didn't have time to sign up for a proper university course.

But some mean students took exception to their absent celebrity scholar and poked fun at her in campus newspaper The Crimson.

She says: "They wrote that Hilary Duff is a loser and a chicken for taking online classes, because she didn't want to take the prerequisites to get accepted.

"First of all, I have a full-time job. Second, I would like to know if the thousands of other people taking online classes are chicken too, or just me?"