Kyle Rittenhouse introduced final week that he was going to be attending Texas A&M. The college says that's not true.
The 19-year-old made the announcement on the podcast of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, donning an A&M baseball cap and saying, “It’s going to be superior. Lovely campus. Superb individuals. Superb meals.”
A spokesperson for the college advised the campus paper The Battalion that Rittenhouse has not been admitted for the summer season or fall session.
Rittenhouse made nationwide headlines at age 17 when he fatally shot two males throughout a racial injustice protest in Kenosha, Wis., in August 2020. He claimed self-defense, and late final 12 months he was acquitted of all costs.
The Charlie Kirk interview final week was one in every of a spherical of public appearances by which Rittenhouse introduced he was planning defamation lawsuits towards Fb and media shops.
It was not the primary time a college had publicly addressed Rittenhouse’s enrollment standing. Testifying at his trial, in November 2021, he mentioned he was taking nursing programs at Arizona State College. The college clarified that the programs have been in an internet non-degree program for college students “making ready to hunt admission” and that Rittenhouse was not enrolled at ASU’s nursing college.
Just a few weeks later, after scholar protests over Rittenhouse’s declare, Arizona State mentioned he was “not at present enrolled” in any courses. Spokesperson Jay Thorne mentioned there had been “no motion taken by the college,” and mentioned he wouldn't elaborate about whether or not Rittenhouse had withdrawn or why his enrollment standing modified.
Rittenhouse attended one semester at Lakes Group Excessive College as a freshman earlier than dropping out within the 2017-’18 college 12 months, a spokesman for the Lake Villa, Sick., college district advised the Chicago Solar-Occasions throughout his trial. The teenager says he accomplished highschool on-line.
On the time of his trial, Rittenhouse advised Fox’s Tucker Carlson that he deliberate to pursue a nursing profession, however that he had additionally “been wanting into legislation.”
Texas A&M, in School Station, accepts about 63% of undergraduate candidates, U.S. Information & World Report says. The typical highschool grade-point common of these accepted is about 3.7.