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 become a student at its Stern School of Business.
‘He was accepted to a lot of colleges,’ said a proud Donald Trump.
‘He’s a very smart guy, and he’ll be going to Stern, the business school, which is a great school at N.Y.U.’
Stern is among America’s best business schools with a highly selective undergraduate program – only about 1 in 20 applicants is successful.
Barron, 18, is the youngest son of the former president and wife Melania.
Barron Trump, 18, graduated from Oxbridge Academy, in Palm Beach, Florida in May
He graduated in May from Palm Beach’s prestigious Oxbridge Academy.
Trump said his son considered following in his father’s footsteps at Pennsylvania University’s Wharton School, but ultimately opted for 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 NYU for a long time, but it’s one of the highest rated…
‘I went to Wharton, and that was certainly one that we were considering. We didn’t do that.
‘We went for Stern.
‘He’s a very high aptitude child, but he’s no longer a child. He’s just passed into something beyond child-dom. He’s he’s doing great.’
Proud Donald Trump said his 18-year-old son had his pick of colleges
Barron will attend the NYU Stern School of Business
Trump, Melania and Barron at the White House in 2017
And Trump said his son planned to continue playing soccer at college. He is known to be fanatical about the sport, and has played for one of DC United’s youth teams.
The NYU campus is not far Trump Tower in Manhattan, where Barron spent much of his childhood before his father became president.
Stern’s undergraduate program is highly selective, and only about one in 20 applicants make the grade.
Famous alumni include Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Kenneth Langone, founding financier of Home Depot.
Barron was the first boy to grow up in the White House since JFK Jr in 1963, he has lived through scandal after scandal – shielded, as best she could, by a highly protective mother
Donald Trump sat down with DailyMail.com and talked about his pride in his family’s role in his campaign but also his fears for the attacks they have to endure
Trump also opened up later with DailyMail.com describing how Barron has become a crucial element of his campaign, helping connect with Gen Z voters via 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 do some people that I wasn’t so familiar with, different generation. He knows every one of them. And we’ve had tremendous success.’
The livestream with Ross was filmed at Mar-a-Lago and had more than 580,000 live viewers at its peak, making it the third most concurrently viewed stream on the Kick platform this year.
However, he also described how his family had paid a heavy price for being in the public eye.
