Her choice to attend Harvard University is apparently disregarding her parents’ counsel that she need not choose a school with a big name and reputation.
The president said he had told his daughter “not to stress too much” about being accepted into a particular school, adding, “Just because it’s not some name-brand, famous, fancy school doesn’t mean that you’re not going to get a great education there.”
Malia is currently a senior at Sidwell Friends, an exclusive private school in the District of Columbia. Harvard College, where Malia would enroll, encourages admitted students to defer for one year to travel, pursue a special project or activity, work. The student must however not enroll in a program at another college that would grant them a degree.
But in the end, Malia, 17, a daughter of two academic overachievers who both attended law school at Harvard, gravitated to an institution with not only a well-known name, but also plenty of experience hosting — and, to some degree, protecting — the children of some of the world’s most powerful people.
Malia is currently a senior at Sidwell Friends, an exclusive private school in the District of Columbia. Harvard College, where Malia would enroll, encourages admitted students to defer for one year to travel, pursue a special project or activity, work. The student must however not enroll in a program at another college that would grant them a degree.
