- Barron is the youngest son of Donald Trump and graduated from high school in May
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Barron Trump was spotted arriving at New York University for the start of classes on Wednesday, after his father told DailyMail.com that he will be a student at the Stern School of Business.
“He got into a lot of colleges,” a proud Donald Trump said.
“He’s a very smart kid and he goes to Stern, the business school, a great school at NYU.”
Stern is one of America’s top business schools with a highly selective undergraduate program: only 1 in 20 applicants graduate.
Barron, 18, is the youngest son of the former president and his wife Melania.
Barron Trump, 18, graduated from Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach, Florida, in May
In May he graduated from the prestigious Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach.
Trump said his son considered following in his father’s footsteps and attending the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, but ultimately chose NY.U.
“It’s a very high quality place. He liked it. He liked the school,” Trump told DailyMail.com.
“We liked NYU. I’ve known about NYU for a long time, but it’s one of the most highly regarded…
‘I went to Wharton, and that was definitely one we considered. We didn’t.
‘We went for Stern.
“He’s a child with very high potential, but he’s not a child anymore. He’s just moved on to something beyond being a child. He’s doing great.”
Proud Donald Trump said his 18-year-old son had his choice of colleges
Barron will visit the NYU Stern School of Business
Trump, Melania and Barron in the White House in 2017
And Trump said his son planned to continue playing soccer in college. He is known as an avid athlete and has played for one of D.C. United’s youth teams.
NYU’s campus is not far from Trump Tower in Manhattan, where Barron spent much of his childhood before his father became president.
Stern’s bachelor’s program is highly selective: only one in twenty applicants makes it to the finish line.
Notable alumni include Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Kenneth Langone, founder and financier of Home Depot.
Barron was the first boy to grow up in the White House since JFK Jr. in 1963. He lived through scandal after scandal – sheltered, as best she could, by a very protective mother
Donald Trump spoke to DailyMail.com about his pride in the role his family played in his campaign, but also his fear of the attacks they are facing.
Trump later spoke candidly with DailyMail.com about how Barron has become a crucial part of his campaign as he connects with Gen Z voters through influencers and podcasters.
“He knows so much about it,” Trump said during an interview last week at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.
“Adin Ross, you know, I mean, I know some people I didn’t know that well, another generation. He knows them all. And we’ve had tremendous success.”
The livestream with Ross was filmed at Mar-a-Lago and at its peak had more than 580,000 live viewers, making it the third most concurrently watched stream on the Kick platform this year.
However, he also described that his family had paid a high price for their public appearance.