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Days after he advised a conservative podcast that he was going to Texas A&M University, Kyle Rittenhouse corrected himself on Twitter to say that he’s plans to attend Blinn College, a two 12 months public faculty, this 12 months.
His announcement comes at some point after a Texas A&M spokesperson advised The Texas Tribune on Sunday that Rittenhouse had not in actual fact been accepted on the Tier One analysis college for this summer time or fall, regardless of his claims about his plans to attend.
“Unfortunately, the end of my high school career was robbed from me,” Rittenhouse wrote Monday afternoon on Twitter. “I didn’t have the time other students get to properly prepare for the future. I look forward to attending Blinn College District this year, a feeder school for Texas A&M. I’m excited to join Texas A&M in 2023!”
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A Blinn College spokesperson said he has not enrolled for a present or upcoming time period at Blinn, which is an open enrollment faculty, that means all college students are welcome.
Unfortunately, the tip of my highschool profession was robbed from me. I did not have the time different college students get to correctly put together for the longer term.
I look ahead to attending Blinn College District this 12 months, a feeder faculty for Texas A&M.
I’m excited to be a part of Texas A&M in 2023!
— Kyle Rittenhouse (@ThisIsKyleR) June 6, 2022
In a subsequent tweet, Rittenhouse said he plans to transfer to Texas on the finish of June.
When Rittenhouse was 17-years-old he drove from his dwelling in Antioch, Illinois to Kenosha, Wisconsin, in response to protests for the taking pictures of a Black man by a white officer. Rittenhouse had said he wished to assist regulation enforcement shield property amid civil unrest. He was accused of fatally taking pictures two males and injuring one other together with his rifle. He was acquitted of a number of felony expenses throughout his excessive profile trial the place he argued he acted in self protection.
Blinn College is a neighborhood faculty primarily based in Brenham with a location close to Texas A&M in Bryan that has sturdy switch partnerships with Texas A&M. In 2020, the school said 53% of its switch college students proceed their research at Texas A&M.
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Last Friday, Rittenhouse appeared on the Charlie Kirk present the place he said he was going to Texas A&M, making a massive reveal by swapping out his baseball cap for a Texas A&M hat.
“I’m going to be going there, and it’s going to be awesome,” Rittenhouse advised Kirk. “Beautiful campus, amazing people, amazing food.”
Rittenhouse beforehand claimed he was learning nursing at Arizona State University, earlier than a faculty spokesperson clarified he was not enrolled and had not gone by means of the admissions course of.
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