Where do you think Malia Obama will enroll?

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it that just because she's a politicians childe then that automatically makes her Ivy League material?

She's the president's child... Big difference. She's also undoubtedly reasonably bright; those two combined make her "Ivy League material".

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As PP put it, she's the ultimate "presidential scholar."

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if she chose a classic - like Princeton (her mother's undergrad alma mater). I know she is interested in film production but I seriously doubt if she would attend a school like NYU or USC. It would be cool if she did.

I read somewhere that Michelle Obama did not like her time at Princeton and has been an estranged alum.

In the 80s, Princeton was a very weird place for African Americans. The whole diversification exercise always felt a bit forced. I am sure that it is much better now.

Let's be clear. It may have been awkward, but it was not forced. It was a voluntary initiative to admit minority students like MO who objectively were usually less qualified than other students in order to enhance their future opportunities and the opportunities of their children. And, by and large, that is exactly what it has achieved.

No, I meant what I said. During that same period, both Harvard and Yale had much better success attracting and assimilating a diverse student body. At Princeton, the AA students often felt like they were "others". Social life at Princeton centered around the eating clubs, which had only recently been integrated and only on a superficial level. Princeton had not yet worked past its legacy as a school for southern gentlemen. Further, it had nothing to do with any of the students being objectively less qualified, but everything to do with being less welcome. Nice try. Blame it on affirmative action and not the attitude of the school.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if she chose a classic - like Princeton (her mother's undergrad alma mater). I know she is interested in film production but I seriously doubt if she would attend a school like NYU or USC. It would be cool if she did.

I read somewhere that Michelle Obama did not like her time at Princeton and has been an estranged alum.

In the 80s, Princeton was a very weird place for African Americans. The whole diversification exercise always felt a bit forced. I am sure that it is much better now.

Let's be clear. It may have been awkward, but it was not forced. It was a voluntary initiative to admit minority students like MO who objectively were usually less qualified than other students in order to enhance their future opportunities and the opportunities of their children. And, by and large, that is exactly what it has achieved.

No, I meant what I said. During that same period, both Harvard and Yale had much better success attracting and assimilating a diverse student body. At Princeton, the AA students often felt like they were "others". Social life at Princeton centered around the eating clubs, which had only recently been integrated and only on a superficial level. Princeton had not yet worked past its legacy as a school for southern gentlemen. Further, it had nothing to do with any of the students being objectively less qualified, but everything to do with being less welcome. Nice try. Blame it on affirmative action and not the attitude of the school.

I was at Princeton at the time and your recollection (if it is that, rather than pure speculation) bears little relation to the reality.

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Howard.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if she chose a classic - like Princeton (her mother's undergrad alma mater). I know she is interested in film production but I seriously doubt if she would attend a school like NYU or USC. It would be cool if she did.

I read somewhere that Michelle Obama did not like her time at Princeton and has been an estranged alum.

In the 80s, Princeton was a very weird place for African Americans. The whole diversification exercise always felt a bit forced. I am sure that it is much better now.

Let's be clear. It may have been awkward, but it was not forced. It was a voluntary initiative to admit minority students like MO who objectively were usually less qualified than other students in order to enhance their future opportunities and the opportunities of their children. And, by and large, that is exactly what it has achieved.

No, I meant what I said. During that same period, both Harvard and Yale had much better success attracting and assimilating a diverse student body. At Princeton, the AA students often felt like they were "others". Social life at Princeton centered around the eating clubs, which had only recently been integrated and only on a superficial level. Princeton had not yet worked past its legacy as a school for southern gentlemen. Further, it had nothing to do with any of the students being objectively less qualified, but everything to do with being less welcome. Nice try. Blame it on affirmative action and not the attitude of the school.

I was at Princeton at the time and your recollection (if it is that, rather than pure speculation) bears little relation to the reality.

whose reality? that of a first generation AA, a legacy caucasian, an immigrant asian? If the writer's experience was one of marginalization, that was his/her reality

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George Mason

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University of Phoenix

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How about this: wherever she wants to. What a concept!

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Anonymous wrote:How about this: wherever she wants to. What a concept!

Sounds good.

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How about UDC, to demonstrate the president's commitment to public university education and community colleges?

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I would say Stanford. It would be hysterical for a President's kid to go to community college. And, I also find it hysterical that Jill Biden insists on being called "doctor" when she teaches at a community college and I'm a democrat.

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Anonymous wrote:I would say Stanford. It would be hysterical for a President's kid to go to community college. And, I also find it hysterical that Jill Biden insists on being called "doctor" when she teaches at a community college and I'm a democrat.

... not UDC, particularly if they rename it Marion Barry University, as a DC council bill proposes.

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Anonymous wrote:I would say Stanford. It would be hysterical for a President's kid to go to community college. And, I also find it hysterical that Jill Biden insists on being called "doctor" when she teaches at a community college and I'm a democrat.

It's based on her degree, not on where she teaches. And it's her degree, so she may use it as she chooses. Signed, a Republican.

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Anonymous wrote:I would say Stanford. It would be hysterical for a President's kid to go to community college. And, I also find it hysterical that Jill Biden insists on being called "doctor" when she teaches at a community college and I'm a democrat.

It's based on her degree, not on where she teaches. And it's her degree, so she may use it as she chooses. Signed, a Republican.

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There are teachers with doctorates who work in elementary schools who are called "Dr. Whomever". It's about the degree, not the school.
Signed, an independent.