The Globe previously reported that Malia got caught up in a bribery scandal at Harvard and she possibly got into the university because of her parents’ money and reputation rather than her academic qualification.
Malia has been accused of such because of her and her mother’s association with Gordon Ernst. It has been reported by New York Times in 2014 that Ernst worked with both the first lady and Malia on their tennis skills.
However, one important point has not been covered by the article: Malia did not get into Harvard based on her tennis skills. Moreover, Malia has never been on the university’s tennis team and she was not accepted into the school as any kind of athletic recruit.
Therefore, it is believed that Malia and Michelle’s association to the guilty tennis coach was an unfortunate coincidence, and nothing more.