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Quixote1818

(28,955 posts)
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 07:26 PM Sep 2018

BUSTED: Brett Kavanaugh lied about 'busting tail' to get into Yale with 'no connections'

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 nation’s 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 father’s alma mater, Yale. The younger Kavanaugh was again busted using a yearbook—this one from 1925.

Brett Kavanaugh’s grandfather, who died four years before his grandson’s 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

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BUSTED: Brett Kavanaugh lied about 'busting tail' to get into Yale with 'no connections' (Original Post) Quixote1818 Sep 2018 OP
No surprise really I KNEW he las lying MagickMuffin Sep 2018 #1
He could have "ralphed" on a blank admission application... targetpractice Sep 2018 #2
Does a grandparent make one legacy at Yale? Raven123 Sep 2018 #3
Looks like it can play a small roll Quixote1818 Sep 2018 #6
someone get the grandfather's calendar KayF Sep 2018 #4
Kavanaugh Lies About Facts, Both Large & Small dlk Sep 2018 #5

MagickMuffin

(15,950 posts)
1. No surprise really I KNEW he las lying
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 07:28 PM
Sep 2018

It's what they do.

And with his parents pedigree I knew, I'm almost certain everyone knew.



Quixote1818

(28,955 posts)
6. Looks like it can play a small roll
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 09:12 PM
Sep 2018

However, if an applicant’s 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)
4. someone get the grandfather's calendar
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 07:38 PM
Sep 2018

because we know all the Kavanaugh men keep detailed calendars. There's an entry: get Brett into Yale.

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