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Malia Obama to attend Harvard after gap year
CNN ^ | May 1, 2016 | Sun May 1, 2016

Posted on 05/01/2016 9:09:13 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

(CNN)Malia Obama, the oldest of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama's two daughters, will attend Harvard University.

She'll begin there in the fall of 2017, after taking a gap year, the White House announced Sunday. She'll be a member of the class of 2021. Obama said at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday that his family plans to stay in Washington for two years after his presidency ends so that their youngest daughter, Sasha, can finish high school.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: harvardu; malia; maliacollege; melania; melaniaobama; obama; obamafamily
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To: varyouga
Nothing but diploma mills for the world’s rich kids and affirmative actioners

Pretty much. Due to grade inflation, only a few colleges like Swarthmore and University of Chicago remain rigorous, from what I understand.

61 posted on 05/01/2016 11:09:28 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Good for her. I hope she remembers this when someone in her family tries to claim that blacks cannot get ahead.


62 posted on 05/01/2016 11:19:42 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (Obama loves America the way OJ loved Nicole)
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To: surrey
It just seems that there’s more to this than meets the eye. I don’t see Malia as some do-gooder who wants to spend a year helping those less fortunate before she embarks on her college career. As I said before, most kids her age can’t wait to get off to college. Something else is at play here.

With daddy at her back, I doubt she was in the top half of her class at Sidwell Friends and slacked off.

She probably needs lots of remedial work to avoid being a complete embarrassment at Harvard that even moonbat professors can't cover for, although I doubt she will be taking classes at Northern Virginia Community College for that, it's much too public.

63 posted on 05/01/2016 11:20:06 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: phormer phrog phlyer
Not a surprise, did anyone actually think she would attend a lowly state (serf) school instead of Harvard or Yale?

Is it going to take that long to find someone to take tests for her?

64 posted on 05/01/2016 11:32:15 AM PDT by Parmy (II don't know how to past the images.)
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To: bgill

Well, my kid decided late...about this time. Of course my kid did not go to Hah-vahd, and I was never the president...so no media interest at all.


65 posted on 05/01/2016 11:36:22 AM PDT by 22202NOVA (Our System of Government: Duh. Mock. Crazy.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
feh...

66 posted on 05/01/2016 11:51:07 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Black Privilege.


67 posted on 05/01/2016 11:52:37 AM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

A typical Obama! I guess the four four-week vacations a year aren’t enough for her.


68 posted on 05/01/2016 11:57:02 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Don't Shut Down the Government! Eliminate Major Parts of the Government!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

When I was a kid, going to Harvard was a big deal. Now, thanks to affirmative action and celebrity status, everybody does it.


69 posted on 05/01/2016 11:59:07 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If SCOTUS is really so fair and unbiased, why is it a campaign issue about who is on it?)
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To: fella

My husband graduated from Harvard and interviews applicants as an alumni. I would be very interested to see her extracurricular activities. There are a lot of students with high grades and SAT scores, so to whittle the applicants out they look at extracurricular activities. You have to be an all star at something. When I mean all star- Yo Yo Ma and Bill Gates were in my husbands class.My husband received a very very distinguished award in high school, and that is how he got in. What did Malia do?


70 posted on 05/01/2016 12:51:00 PM PDT by kaila
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To: Chode

Tough street girls, riiiight.... Posers and wannabe thugs like their effeminate father.


71 posted on 05/01/2016 1:03:04 PM PDT by Yaelle (Tinkerbelle glittering up the runway for Trump Force One!)
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To: kaila

To her credit, Malia probably wasn’t allowed to do much. Let’s say she wanted to go on archaeological digs or compete to nationals at a sport. She may not have been allowed, for security reasons. Gotta give her that.

But I do wonder if she stood out academically or only politically. I hope she is smart and capable.


72 posted on 05/01/2016 1:05:47 PM PDT by Yaelle (Tinkerbelle glittering up the runway for Trump Force One!)
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To: Yaelle
100%
73 posted on 05/01/2016 1:07:11 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: varyouga

There are quite a few Harvard graduates here on FR. Are you sure the only alumni you would show respect are poor whites and Asians?


74 posted on 05/01/2016 1:13:41 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Yaelle

I doubt that, it appears that the Obamas traveled everywhere on our dime. A parent would never hold their child back if they excelled at something. And we all know that Obama was always at golf courses and beaches.


75 posted on 05/01/2016 1:21:28 PM PDT by kaila
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To: Poison Pill

Bushes kids went to UT-Austin.


76 posted on 05/01/2016 1:22:45 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: fella
Is she getting in on merit or is it just another ‘givmedat’?

They're probably paying her to go there so they can brag about having the president's daughter.

77 posted on 05/01/2016 1:31:19 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Innovative
And what is she planning to do during her gap-year?

I'm sure Obama has plenty of lavish taxpayer funded vacations planed for the family for now through next January.

78 posted on 05/01/2016 1:33:55 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: sagar

“The lowly serf schools are entirely gubmint funded. Harvard makes money.”

Wow that is news to me, I did not realize all that money I send to WVU was an unneeded donation.

The point being that it is an Ivy League school, where most of our glorious leaders come from and they are indoctrinated by essentially commissars. They are so much smarter than you or I and they want to tell us how we should live our lives and take our money because we are to stupid to figure out what to do with it.

The country is more hosed up now than anytime that I can remember.


79 posted on 05/01/2016 1:40:40 PM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: MinorityRepublican

https://youtu.be/NiRJaa1wbzg


80 posted on 05/01/2016 1:41:16 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Percentage of Income in CS is inversely proportionate to Mother's parenting of children)
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