text: Thinking about vacating the White House  probably isn't President Obama's favorite thing to do, but it isn't his impending departure that stresses him the most - it's the prospect of his eldest daughter leaving 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and heading off to college that really gets him down. Malia Obama, 16, is already visiting colleges in preparation for when she heads to school in the fall of 2016. She hasn't even finished high school, but President Obama said the thought of her heading off to college has him crying on a daily basis. Empty nester: President Obama said the thought of Malia, 16. heading to college has him crying on a daily basis . Can't let her go: The 11th grade student (left) is already visiting schools and will go to college in the fall of 2016 . So sad: President Obama said he's 'sad' and he 'starts tearing up in the middle of the day and I can't explain it' He said on Tuesday during the Easter Prayer Breakfast: 'I start tearing up in the middle of the day and I can't explain it, why am I so sad? 'They're leaving me.' The 11th grade student, who attends the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., has already visited at UC Berkeley, Stanford, NYU, Columbia, Harvard, Brown, Princeton, Yale and Wesleyan, the Washington Post reported. Malia's younger sister Sasha, 13, won't start thinking about college for a few years yet. Obama continued: 'I want to thank everybody here for their prayers, which means so much to me and Michelle, particularly at a time when my daughters are starting to grow up and starting to go on college visits. 'I need prayer.' Thankfully: Malia's (right) younger sister Sasha, 13 (center), won't start thinking about college for a few years yet . If Malia attends Columbia for an undergraduate degree, she will be following in her father's footsteps. However, based on comments he made in February when he addressed a cybersecurity summit on Stanford's  campus in Palo Alto, California, President Obama might want his daughter to go there. President Obama said of Stanford: 'I've got to admit, like, I kind of want to go here. 'I was trying to figure out why it is that a really nice place like this is wasted on young people who don't fully appreciate what you got. 'It's really nice. And everybody here is so friendly and smart, and it's beautiful. And what's there not to like?' 'Let's face it, I like Stanford grads.' The last president to send a child straight from the White House to college, Bill Clinton, sent daughter Chelsea to Stanford in the fall of 1997 to begin her freshman year. When she graduated in 2001, Bill and wife Hillary Rodham Clinton were there blowing kisses. He's cried before: A gushing President Obama broke down in tears the day after winning re-election in 2012 .
target: Malia Obama is already visiting schools and will attend college in fall 2016 .
  11th grader, 16, goes to private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.
  She has already visited schools like Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and Yale .
  President Obama said he's 'sad' and he tears 'up in the middle of the day'
  Malia's younger sister Sasha, 13, has more time until she considers college .