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"Malia will take
a gap year before beginning school," a White House statement
said, breaking a months-long silence about Malia's college
search.
Both her parents attended Harvard Law School.
Malia, 17, will concentrate on finishing her high school final
exams before considering how to spend her gap year, an official
who had been briefed on Malia's decision told Reuters.
She has shown interest in film and television, having worked two
summer internships in the industry. Last summer, she worked in
Brooklyn, New York, on the set of the HBO series "Girls,"
In 2014 she worked on the set of CBS science fiction series
"Extant", starring Halle Berry. The now-canceled series was
produced by Steven Spielberg, a prominent donor to Obama's
presidential campaigns.
Harvard College, the university's undergraduate division, said
on its admissions website that it encouraged admitted students
to defer enrollment for one year to travel, pursue a project or
work. About 80 to 110 students did so each year, it said.
(Reporting By David Lawder and Roberta Rampton; Editing by Angus
MacSwan)
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