Question: where did jim from the office go to college

title: Jim Halpert
text: Jim Halpert was born on October 1 , 1978 , to Gerald and Betsy Halpert . He has two brothers , Pete and Tom , who share his general love of pranks but have come across as unpleasant and somewhat bullying towards their little brother . Jim 's parents presumably live in Scranton as well , as his sister Larissa and best friend Alan Murphy are listed as his emergency contact at Dunder Mifflin . While Pete and Tom have been seen on the show a few times , Larissa has not . He has a niece , Vanessa , and a nephew old enough to play T - ball . In `` Branch Wars '' , while he is not specific on which brother he is referring to , he states that his brother 's wife just had another baby . Jim enjoys cycling , and , as he reveals in a deleted scene from `` Take Your Daughter to Work Day '' , at times , will babysit Toby Flenderson 's daughter , Sasha . He also lists soft - shell crab as his favorite food . Jim has noted that basketball `` Was kind of ( his ) thing '' in high school . Although no high school is specifically named by Jim , both Dunmore High School ( as evidenced in a deleted scene from `` Product Recall '' where , during a business visit , he asks a high school student about a former teacher ) and West Scranton High School ( as evidenced when , during `` Email Surveillance '' , Pam holds up his yearbook displaying their mascot name , Invaders , across the front ) are referenced in separate episodes . In the Episode `` Dwight 's Speech '' , Jim tells Dwight that he majored in Public Speaking , however , he later denies this . Jim began working at Dunder Mifflin between 1998 and 1999 ( as evidenced in `` Pilot '' , and `` The Merger '' , where Jim says that he still loves when Michael says , `` Wazzup ! '' crazily after seven years , and that on his first day at work Michael played an orientation video which parodied The Blair Witch Project ) .