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Rhimes was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of a university administrator and a college professor.

Rhimes resided in Park Forest South, Illinois ( now University Park ) with two older brothers and two older sisters.

Rhimes has stated that she exhibited an early affinity for storytelling and that her time spent as a candy striper while in high school sparked an interest in hospital environments.

Rhimes attended Marian Catholic High School, before enrolling at Dartmouth College, where she earned her Bachelor's Degree.

At Dartmouth, she divided her time between fiction and directing and performing in plays.

After college, she relocated to San Francisco with an older sibling and obtained a job in advertising.

Rhimes would later relocate to Los Angeles to attend USC to study screenwriting.

Rhimes was ranked at the top of her class and earned the prestigious Gary Rosenberg Writing Fellowship Award.

Rhimes earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television.