It has been noted that classes began this week at many state and private colleges in New York, while new-student orientation has been taking place at such top schools as Columbia and New York University via Mercury News .
Barron Trump’s father, former president Donald Trump, has stated that his son is expected to attend a college in New York. However, the 6-foot-7-inch teenager has not been seen moving into his freshman dorm, in the same manner as other celebrity kids, notably Suri Cruise at Carnegie Mellon or Violet Affleck at Yale.
There has been no video of Melania Trump helping her 18-year-old son find his way to his new on-campus residence or of an entourage of assistants and Secret Service agents following behind, lugging boxes and suitcases.
It seems that Barron has been busy, helping his father’s 2024 presidential campaign in a behind-the-scenes way.
Earlier this month, some Trumpworld “insiders” told the Daily Mail that Barron and his best friend Bo Loudon, a 17-year-old “conservative influencer,” have become the former president’s “secret weapon” and “de-facto social media outreach team” in his bid to sell Gen Z voters on the righteousness of his MAGA cause.
The Daily Mail said that “tech savvy” Barron and Bo were “busily briefing” Barron’s 78-year-old father on the new landscape of streamers and YouTube stars. Trump insisted last week that Barron, who graduated from high school in May, was all ready to start college.
The former Manhattan real estate mogul revealed to the New York Post, his former hometown tabloid, that his son was “all set in a certain school that’s very good.” Trump also shared that his son would go to college somewhere in New York, and that the family would make an announcement “soon.”
If Barron had indeed been accepted to “a very good school,” it could be Columbia or Cornell, the Daily Beast reported. They are listed as the top universities in New York, according to U.S. News and World Report’s list of best colleges. Both schools tie for No. 12 nationally.
However, Columbia, in New York City, held its “mandatory” new-student orientation this week, with classes starting next Tuesday. Classes at NYU, ranked 35th, also start next Tuesday. Classes at Cornell, in upstate New York, started this week.
The Cornell Daily Sun reported last week that Barron “does not appear in the student directories of Cornell, Columbia and New York University. Registered first-year students at Cornell are typically listed.”
