<p>I think it would be a hassle to have a Secret Security detail as a college student in Manhattan. I’d have her go somewhere like Amherst if anybody asked me what I thought.</p>
<p>Wait. She interned for ONE DAY? Is that accurate? That’s more like “job shadowing” than “interning.” Oh, well. </p>
<p>@pizzagirl; for one, I agree with Hunt. Daddy’s alma mater, Columbia, would be too problematic logistically for the President’s teenaged daughter. Not impossible but I doubt Mrs. O or Grandma Robinson would go for it. There were a few Columbia celebrity kids in the past, Dan Rather Jr., Eartha Kitt’s daughter and probably others. But the teenaged offspring of a recent President trying to study in Manhattan is a whole 'nother ball game. Perhaps the lass could follow in the footsteps of Natalie Portman, who attended Harvard using her mother’s or grandmother’s maiden name, I understand.</p>
<p>Northwestern is just a wild guess, based on the fact that it is an elite school that is very popular with African-Americans. If Malia is a “home girl,” then obviously NU could be attractive to her. UChicago, on the other hand, might be severely unappealing, based on its “where fun goes to die” reputation.</p>
<p>However, she will only be the sitting president’s daughter for her first semester and perhaps the beginning of her second semester. Secret Service protection only applies to former presidents’ children until age 16, unless otherwise included in a presidential executive order.
<a href=“http://www.secretservice.gov/faq.shtml#faq2”>http://www.secretservice.gov/faq.shtml#faq2</a></p>
<p>"Northwestern is just a wild guess, based on the fact that it is an elite school that is very popular with African-Americans. "</p>
<p>More so than any other elite school? Still not following. </p>
<p>“However, she will only be the sitting president’s daughter for her first semester and perhaps the beginning of her second semester. Secret Service protection only applies to former presidents’ children until age 16, unless otherwise included in a presidential executive order.” </p>
<p>Sad thing is, whether it’s the govt or whether the Obamas pay for private security, she’s going to need it. I have an acquaintance in the SS (on Obama’s detail) and he reports that the level of threat against the family is just unbelievably high, and SS protection had to start quite early on. Apparently there are a bunch of bubbas who don’t like having a black family in the White House, who would have thought - and they tend to be the gun-totin’ types. It’s really sad. I don’t begrudge a single penny of the security surrounding our First Families, regardless of what I may think of their politics. </p>
<p>It’s actually pretty amazing how little we hear about some famous kids in college compared to the tabloid stories of similarly aged stars. We never heard much about Jodi Foster, Emma Watson, Jasmine Jordan. Thankfully, being brainy and going to class is less interesting to the tabloids than the antics of other famous teens. I don’t think we will hear much about the Obama girls as I expect they will do just fine wherever they choose to go. </p>
<p>I hopes she get a full ride!!</p>
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<p>How can a parent–even the president–possibly anticipate the reaction to his daughter attending a certain school? How can anyone know the future complexion of the student body the year the child enters?</p>
<p>For some reason I see Malia at a women’s college. Wellesley or Smith were my first thoughts.</p>
<p>I think she should go to a university in the South and rush a “traditionally white” sorority.</p>
<p>According to this story, Malia is an aspiring filmmaker. So maybe she’ll apply to USC and NYU. She’s also a fan of “Girls,” so maybe she’ll apply to Oberlin, as well. I bet she considers Stanford and Wellesley too. </p>
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<p>16 year olds watch Girls? 
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<p>Yes, plenty of sixteen-year-olds watch Girls and lots of other mature-themed entertainment with their parents’ approval. </p>
<p>Plenty of sixteen-year-olds watch and play violent video games, as well. </p>
<p>And many kids who aren’t allowed to watch or participate in these forms of entertainment do so at their friends’ homes unbeknownst to their parents.</p>
<p>Plenty of sixteen-year-olds are having sex too, as shocking as that may be to some.</p>
<p>Yep, and plenty of 16yos drink, do drugs, and drive under the influence.
Doesn’t mean it’s a good thing.</p>
<p>I’m going to make a wild out of the blue guess and predict Swarthmore. I’m guessing she’ll be drawn to a small, respected LAC well away from major cities like NY, SF, LA, or Chi.</p>
<p>She should write her essay about how her Dad promised her a puppy, and then he named it with his own initials.</p>
<p>@scholarme, I never said it was a “good thing.” I wouldn’t assume it’s necessarily a “bad” thing either, if the sixteen-year-old has had proper sex education and is taking the necessary precautions with regard to pregnancy and STD prevention. What is completely acceptable in one family will not be in another, and that doesn’t mean either family is behaving immorally or irresponsibly.That’s why we get to raise our own children.</p>
<p>I knew a lot of teenagers who engaged in “premarital sex” in high school and somehow managed to become well-balanced, competent adults, parents, and grandparents. ;-)</p>
<p>You seemed shocked that a sixteen-year-old would watch a television show geared towards adults. I was merely attempting to point out that it’s not an issue for many families. </p>
<p>I also don’t think you can equate under-age drinking, drug use, or driving under the influence with sex. The first three are illegal for sixteen-year-olds; the last is not in most states.</p>
<p>@FCCDAD, Swarthmore is a 30-minute train ride from Philly, hardly in the middle of nowhere. </p>
<p>Just decrying the coarsening of the culture and entertainment being offered to kids & teens.</p>
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<p>@LucieTheLakie I spent several years in Philadelphia. Philadelphia is plenty far away from all major cities (but still accessible by Amtrak), and Swarthmore isn’t exactly even downtown Philadelphia. It ain’t quite Biloxi, MS, but it ain’t a thriving metropolis, either.</p>
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<p>@FCCDAD, I think most Philadelphians would be shocked to discover we don’t live in a major city! Swarthmore is a suburb of Philadelphia, BTW. </p>
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<p>@scholarme, “coarsening of the culture”? Please. How long have you lived in the US? Trust me, depending upon one’s standing in society, it’s been plenty “coarse” throughout its history.</p>