Barron Trump missed RNC, heads to university in fall 2024, but where?

• Barron Trump graduated from Oxbridge Academy near West Palm Beach, Florida, on May 17, 2024.
• Barron Trump did make his Trump rally speech debut July 9, 2024, at the Trump family golf resort west of Miami. He did not speak at the event.

Where’s Barron Trump?

In 2020, the first family — Melania Trump, Barron Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump — attended the Republican National Convention in unity to support former President Donald Trump.

At the 2024 RNC, when Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination, most of the Trump family attended, except for one: Barron Trump, the only son of Donald and Melania Trump.

Since it started July 15, Donald Trump has made an appearance each night of the convention, seen with a bandage over his right ear where he was injured in an assassination attempt at his July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. And most of his family has had a speaking role (Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Tiffany Trump, granddaughter Kai Trump) or were seated in the Trump family box (Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump) at the RNC in Milwaukee.

Barron Trump’s absence from the 2024 Republican National Convention was trending after his father, former president Donald Trump, formally accepted the Republican nomination. Though he was initially selected to serve as a Florida delegate at the RNC, his mother Melania Trump stated May 10 that Barron would not be able to attend due to “prior commitments.”

What event could make Barron Trump miss the 2024 Republican National Convention? Though highly unlikely, the universities that the 18-year-old has been linked to did host events on the same day of the RNC.

While it is not known what the immediate future holds for the sole child of Donald and Melania Trump and where he’ll attend classes in the fall, below are events that happened July 18, 2024, at the universities he’s been linked to.

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Did Barron Trump attend 2024 Republican National Convention?

Barron Trump, the sole child of Donald and the former president’s third wife Melania Trump, did not attend the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The rest of the Trump family, however, did.

Barron Trump did make his Trump rally speech debut July 9, 2024, at the Trump family golf resort west of Miami. Donald Trump’s youngest son did not speak at the event, and his older brothers, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, were there. Tiffany Trump, Ivanka Trump and Melania Trump did not appear to attend the Florida rally.

Barron Trump, who turned 18 on March 20, graduated from Oxbridge Academy near West Palm Beach, Florida, on May 17. At the Florida rally earlier this month, Donald Trump alluded to Barron’s next step — his choice of university to attend in fall 2024 — but did not reveal where Barron would seek his college degree.

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Will Barron Trump attend University of Pennsylvania?

Donald Trump has said in the past that he believed his youngest son might follow in his footsteps by attending the University of Pennsylvania. The former president graduated and studied at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in May 1968 with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. Like his father, Donald Trump Jr. has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance.

According to the University of Pennsylvania’s calendar, there was an “off-campus information session” from 6 to 7 p.m. July 18, 2024.

Other key dates for UPenn? “Move-in” dates for fall 2024 are Monday, Aug. 19, to Sunday, Aug. 25, for new and returning students. “Guests” (usually parents and family) will have to be registered by Tuesday, Aug. 1, to accompany fall 2024 students on “move-in” day. New student orientation at Penn will be from Aug. 21-26, with first day of classes Tuesday, Aug. 27. In fall 2024 at the University of Pennsylvania, “family weekend” is Oct. 25-27 and homecoming on Nov. 16.

Will Barron Trump attend Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.?

Another possibility for Barron Trump could be Georgetown, which has Trump ties already.

Barron Trump’s older brother, Eric Trump, graduated from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., with a bachelor’s degree in finance and management in 2006. Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, was a student at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., but transferred after two years to the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Ivanka Trump graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in economics from Penn in 2004.

Like her father, Tiffany Trump attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. Four years later, Tiffany Trump graduated from Georgetown Law School as part of the class of 2020.

According to Georgetown University’s calendar, there were several school events, including an “admitted student reception” and “timekeeper functions and schedules” session, that occurred July 18, 2024.

Other key dates for Georgetown include the arrival of new undergraduate students for fall 2024 on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 22 and 23. Classes begin Wednesday, Aug. 28. “Parent and family weekend” will be Friday through Sunday, Oct. 18-20.

Will Barron Trump attend NYU? What celebrities, famous people attended NYU?

One speculated possibility for Barron Trump is New York University. The NYU campus in Manhattan is not far from where Barron Trump spent much of his childhood — and lived until his father was sworn in as the 45th president in early 2017.

According to NYU’s calendar, fall 2024 classes begin Tuesday, Sept. 3, the day after Labor Day. Interestingly, the school’s “Legislative Monday” event is Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, and “Legislative Friday” is Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, the calendar states.

In case you’re wondering, Barron Trump wouldn’t be the only “famous” person to attend NYU: Some include Rudy Giuliani, Angelina Jolie (“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”), Lady Gaga, Chris Evans (“Captain America,” “The Avengers” films, “The Gray Man”), Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock,” “Beetlejuice”), Anne Hathaway (“Devil Wears Prada,” “The Idea of You”), Timothée Chalamet (the “Dune” films, “Call Me by Your Name”), Adam Sandler (“Fifty First Dates,” “Just Go with It”), Elizabeth Olsen (“Doctor Strange,” “Wandavision”) and James Franco (the “Spider-Man” films, “The Interview”).

Melania Trump and Trump family (except Barron Trump) attended 2024 Republican National Convention. Barron Trump did attend 2020 RNC

During the week of Aug. 24, 2020, the Trump family supported then-president Donald Trump as he delivered his nomination acceptance speech from the White House.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, however, most of the Republican National Convention speeches took place in a largely empty auditorium in Washington, D.C., or were pre-recorded from locations across the country.

Former first lady Melania Trump spoke from the newly renovated White House Rose Garden, seeking to provide comfort to families suffering during the coronavirus pandemic. Barron Trump was 14 years old during the 2020 Republican National Convention. He did not have a speaking role, but posed for photos with Donald and Melania Trump and the extended first family.

Barron Trump, former first lady Melania Trump, former president Donald Trump, Tiffany Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Lara Trump, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Michael Boulos (now Tiffany Trump’s husband) posed for photos after Trump delivered his acceptance speech for the Republican Party nomination for re-election during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 27, 2020.

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