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greatauntoftriplets

(176,856 posts)
Sun May 1, 2016, 12:57 PM May 2016

Malia Obama chooses Harvard, after a gap year

Malia Obama to Attend Harvard, but Not Until 2017

WASHINGTON — Malia Obama, the older daughter of President Obama, plans to attend Harvard University beginning in the fall of 2017, the White House announced on Sunday, waiting until her father leaves office to begin her college career.

Malia’s much-speculated-upon decision, announced in a news release after months of official silence from the White House about her college search process, will make her the latest in a long line of presidential children to attend the elite university in Cambridge, Mass. Both of her parents attended law school there.

“The President and Mrs. Obama announced today that their daughter Malia will attend Harvard University in the fall of 2017 as a member of the Class of 2021. Malia will take a gap year before beginning school,” the White House said in a statement.

In deferring her start date until 2017, Malia, 17, is availing herself of the opportunity to take a “gap year,” a popular option for high school seniors who are seeking experiences outside the classroom — some in far-flung parts of the world — before they begin pursuing a degree. Harvard actively encourages admitted students to do so.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/us/politics/malia-obama-to-attend-harvard-but-not-until-2017.html?_r=0
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Malia Obama chooses Harvard, after a gap year (Original Post) greatauntoftriplets May 2016 OP
She seems like a really great kid bluestateguy May 2016 #1
She seems very well grounded for someone her age. greatauntoftriplets May 2016 #2
Yeah.... FrenchieCat May 2016 #3
It's hard to think of Malia getting married. greatauntoftriplets May 2016 #6
We didn't plan on our daughter getting married when we sent her off to college.... FrenchieCat May 2016 #9
LOVE your sig line logo. Yeesss! Repeal the 22nd Amendment! Surya Gayatri May 2016 #4
Thanks. I really feel that way. greatauntoftriplets May 2016 #5
Such a powerful symbol, lighthouses! Surya Gayatri May 2016 #7
They really are. greatauntoftriplets May 2016 #10
Tuition for Harvard University is $40,418/year Jed28 May 2016 #8
I think they can afford it. greatauntoftriplets May 2016 #11
She should spend the year on exchange Fritz Walter May 2016 #12
Totally agree dorkzilla May 2016 #13
Very cool ladym55 May 2016 #14
Good for her bigwillq May 2016 #15

FrenchieCat

(68,868 posts)
3. Yeah....
Sun May 1, 2016, 01:59 PM
May 2016

Her parents' Alma Mater, and my daughter's as well!
Maybe she'll meet her future husband while there....
I know mine did...!
Just sayin....!

greatauntoftriplets

(176,856 posts)
6. It's hard to think of Malia getting married.
Sun May 1, 2016, 02:41 PM
May 2016

I have cousins who went to Harvard Law School (years before the Obamas) but they met their wives later. It could happen for Malia, though.

FrenchieCat

(68,868 posts)
9. We didn't plan on our daughter getting married when we sent her off to college....
Sun May 1, 2016, 03:17 PM
May 2016

but 5 minutes after setting foot on campus as a Freshman, she met her future husband, who was a Junior...
He graduated, and soon after that they eloped....!

8 years later, they are going strong...
and I have got a beautiful grandson in the bargain, so I'm not complaining!

greatauntoftriplets

(176,856 posts)
5. Thanks. I really feel that way.
Sun May 1, 2016, 02:40 PM
May 2016

I'll return the compliment, love your avatar and sigline. Signed, another lighthouse person.

greatauntoftriplets

(176,856 posts)
10. They really are.
Sun May 1, 2016, 03:19 PM
May 2016

I've collected lighthouse artwork (paintings and photos) and they hang in my bedroom. The exception is a painting that I bought in Paris.

Jed28

(59 posts)
8. Tuition for Harvard University is $40,418/year
Sun May 1, 2016, 03:14 PM
May 2016

Maybe why Obama made reference to raking in cash from speeches to Goldman Sachs last evening.

Fritz Walter

(4,349 posts)
12. She should spend the year on exchange
Sun May 1, 2016, 03:56 PM
May 2016

Yes, I know: the security implications would be horrendous. She'd be an easy target for every miscreant with a grudge against her dad, foreign and domestic.

But the experience of total immersion in another culture would be incredible. Wondrous. For her hosts, as well as for her!

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
13. Totally agree
Sun May 1, 2016, 04:01 PM
May 2016

My cousins, all of whom live in Ireland and England, all took a gap year, as did all their friends. They were a lot more mature, well-read and a lot more liberal than any of my friends here that went right to university. I didn't go to uni till much later because I couldn't afford not to work (emancipated at age 16) and although I don't have any funny dorm party stories I'm glad, in retrospect, that I did work and travel first.

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
14. Very cool
Sun May 1, 2016, 10:29 PM
May 2016

She'll do well there. It will be interesting to see what she decides to do in her gap year. She looks like she has grown up to be a lovely young woman.

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