Fact check: Did Trump get rejected by Harvard?

1. Summary of the results

There is no credible evidence that Donald Trump was rejected by Harvard. A widely circulated "rejection letter" from 2016 was confirmed to be an April Fool's Day joke ^{[1] [1]}. Trump actually graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in 1968 ^[2].

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

• The question appears to stem from a broader context of Trump-Harvard relations:

There is an ongoing feud between Trump and Harvard ^{[2] [3]}

The Harvard Republican Club notably did not endorse Trump during the 2016 election ^[1]

• The Trump family's actual educational background shows a pattern of attending other prestigious institutions:

Multiple Trump children attended UPenn's Wharton School or Georgetown University ^[3]

Barron Trump, the youngest, chose NYU's Stern School of Business after attending Oxbridge Academy ^[4]

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

• The question appears to be based on several layers of misinformation:

A fake Harvard rejection letter that went viral on social media in 2016 ^[1]

Recent unverified social media claims about Barron Trump being rejected by Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia, which have neither been confirmed nor denied by the universities ^[5]

• This narrative benefits:

Trump's political opponents, who might use alleged academic rejection to question his capabilities

Social media content creators who gain engagement from spreading unverified claims

• Media outlets that benefit from the ongoing Trump-Harvard tension