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BUSTED: Brett Kavanaugh lied about busting tail to get into Yale with no connections he was a legacy
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been busted in yet another lie to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
During his rage-filled testimony on Thursday, the prep school boy picked by President Donald Trump for a seat on the nations highest court claimed that he got into Yale through his own hard work.
Snip: Kavanaugh was a legacy at Yale, where his grandfather Everett Edward Kavanaugh went. His father, Everett Edward Jr., was born in New Haven, home to his fathers alma mater, Yale. The younger Kavanaugh was again busted using a yearbookthis one from 1925.
Brett Kavanaughs grandfather, who died four years before his grandsons alleged attempted rape, is even buried in New Haven.
Link: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/busted-brett-kavanaugh-lied-busting-tail-get-yale-no-connections-legacy/?utm_source=push_notifications
MagickMuffin
(15,950 posts)It's what they do.
And with his parents pedigree I knew, I'm almost certain everyone knew.
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)...and still got in as a legacy student.
Raven123
(4,862 posts)Quixote1818
(28,955 posts)However, if an applicants legacy relation is more distant, such as a cousin, a sibling, a grandparent, or an aunt or uncle, the increase in acceptance chances he or she receives drops to 13.7%. These applicants are called secondary legacies, and are still given some special consideration over applicants who have no relation to the college, but nowhere near as much given to the primary legacies. The exact amount, again, varies with the closeness of the relation. Grandparents who went to Yale are more valuable legacies than a first cousin twice removed.
https://blog.collegevine.com/legacy-demystified-how-the-people-you-know-affect-your-admissions-decision/
KayF
(1,345 posts)because we know all the Kavanaugh men keep detailed calendars. There's an entry: get Brett into Yale.
dlk
(11,574 posts)This is a common symptom of alcoholism.