Malia Obama to attend Harvard in 2017 after a ‘gap year’

yahoo ^ | May 1, 2016 | Dylan Stableford

[jch10]

She can’t go to school next Fall because mooochelle will be traveling the world with the extended family.

[lodi90]

I wonder what she’ll be doing during her “gap year?”

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Traveling and getting #$@!faced drunk.

[Pollster1]

I wonder what her SAT scores are?

Exactly what I was thinking. How much of this was merit (my guess - less than 1%)? How much diversity (maybe 5%)? And how much hero worship for the affirmative action occupant of our White House being the "First Black" (at least 94%)? If I'm wrong, I'd love to see objective evidence that the child of Barack and Michelle somehow developed a high-quality mind.

[armydawg505]

Certainly just another face accepted at Harvard for good grades and accomplishments.

[The Great RJ]

Obviously she wouldn’t make me the grade at Hillsdale College

[Tax-chick]

Not that SAT scores are the measure of someone’s personal worth, but they are relevant to college admissions specifically and claims of high intelligence generally.

[Prov1322]

Gap years are incredibly stupid.

As they are currently mis-defined, I agree. In some previous decades we would identify a "gap year" as that time after high school when you worked full time and then maybe a part-time job thrown in, just to be able to earn the money for college. That would then be followed by the years of full-time credit hour loads every semester while also working full-time.

[MortMan]

Legacy.

[Personal Responsibility]

I wonder how she got in against such strong competition? It’s not like her father is a 2-term President of the United States who graduated Harvard Law or anything.

[combat_boots]

Do transgenders use Sidwell’s ladies’ restrooms?

[1Old Pro]

“GAP” year? Is that some new way to describe a kid who needs to find themselves before buckling down to work?

[hattend]

Anyway, do you think any President’s child wouldn’t be accepted, even if he/she was a complete dimwit?

Ask Chelsea Clinton. She graduated without attending class...plus she's a dimwit.

[RedStateRocker]

I took a ‘gap year’

worked as a welder and played in 3 bands to earn the money for JC.

[Lisbon1940]

You can take liberal arts classes at a tech school.