Malia Obama to attend Harvard University in 2017

The White House has announced that President Barrack Obama's daughter, Malia Obama will attend Harvard University in 2017. Malia who turns 18 on the fourth of July, will first take a year off after graduating high school in June before attending the prestigious Harvard University next year.

Malia who is the eldest child of the US President, 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.