Malia and Michelle Obama scouting NYC colleges

First Daughter Malia Obama is scouting out colleges in New York City.

The 16-year-old high junior was spotted touring NYU this morning, with her mom and a Secret Service detail in tow.

In the afternoon, the Obamas headed uptown to Columbia University, where they chowed down at Community Food and Juice on Broadway off 112th Street.

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An NYU student launched Malia Mania by telling a student newspaper, NYU Local, that he had accidentally stepped into an elevator with the First Lady, her daughter and the security detail as they were taking a private tour of the Goddard Hall dorm.

“Apparently everyone was told that the elevators were ‘shut down’ for the 10 minutes they were in the building … but I knew the truth!” the student source told NYU Local.

Malia is a junior at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC.