President Obama's First Child Malia, To Attend Harvard

American president's first daughter, Malia Obama will attend Harvard by year 2017 after she differed her admission by one year, to graduate in the class of 2021.

The Obamas may have to stay a little longer in Washington after his term as the president of America expire.  The decision was inspired by their daughter Sasha who has two more years to finish high school. The Obamas has always made clear to us, that good parenting is one of their priorities.


According to CNN, the president said "Our decision has actually presented a bit of a dilemma because traditionally presidents don't stick around after they're done. And it's something that I've been brooding about a little bit," Obama joked during the comedy routine at the dinner, using it to launch into a video about what he'd do after leaving office -- which featured Vice President Joe Biden and former House Speaker John Boehner.

He also joked that Michelle Obama is eager to "stay closer to her plot of carrots. She's already making plans to see them every day."

Malia Obama's year-long deferral before her first year at Harvard is a route taken by about 80 to 110 admitted students. Higher education experts tout the off-year as a way to travel, engage in a long-term special project or otherwise use the time in a constructive and meaningful way.

Malia Obama is far from the first child of a president to make a college decision while her father occupied the Oval Office.

Chelsea Clinton began her undergraduate studies at Stanford University in California in the fall of 1997 -- before her father, Bill Clinton, departed office in early 2001.

George W. Bush's twin daughters began college just months before their father's election in 2000 -- with Jenna Bush Hager attending the University of Texas and Barbara Pierce Bush attending Yale University, her father's school. Both graduated in 2004, near the end of their father's first term.