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07-05-2008, 04:23 PM
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| How much money would you have to donate to get into an ivy league school?
I need to know.
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07-05-2008, 04:30 PM
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thats absolutely terrible
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07-05-2008, 04:36 PM
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Because, you know, there's no other way to get in, right?  | |
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07-05-2008, 04:41 PM
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This thread wins. I vote for sticky.
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07-05-2008, 04:50 PM
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Depends how bad your grades are. If you can donate a building you can get in with anything though.
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07-05-2008, 05:05 PM
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Ask Prescott, George, and George Bush. It worked for them.
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07-05-2008, 05:08 PM
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It depends on your lineage.
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07-05-2008, 05:17 PM
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Hopefully this thread is a joke since the "I have no academic merit and purely bought my way in" stereotype is over exaggerated.
However, I've heard that only upper 6 digits will 'significantly' raise chances for ED legacies (assuming you are a lower-average/sub-par applicant) from bitter legacies who did not get into certain schools and whose parents did not donate as much. I don't know how much truth lies in it, but I have met people at my school whose parents donated totals in the 7 digits.
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07-05-2008, 05:31 PM
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^ Wow, 7 digit donations. I can't even afford 5 digit tuitions lol
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07-05-2008, 05:34 PM
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I'd say enough for a building or library of some sort would do it. definitely in the 7 digit range.
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07-05-2008, 05:39 PM
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I've got $50.17. Where'll that get me in?
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07-05-2008, 05:54 PM
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Nope. Benjys only!!
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07-06-2008, 04:04 PM
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"This thread wins. I vote for sticky." LOL! My thoughts exactly. I've honestly been wondering this myself, even though I can barely afford to fill my gas tank.
After thinking about this recently, I decided that if I actually had money, I would donate a cool million right before applying to my dream school, and 100K to each of my 5 2nd-choice schools.
A good rule of thumb would be: how much would it cost to pay for an extra spot at the university? Like, if they had to create an extra spot just for you, how much would you estimate that would cost the school?
I don't think it's terribly unethical, because a lot of waitlisters are prioritized in terms of whether or not they can pay their own way. If they let someone in because of a hefty donation, that frees up some money for some other deserving poor student who would have been bumped out of admissions in favor of a less qualified, richer applicant anyway. So buying your way in can actually help poor students rather than disadvantage them. It really depends on whether the admissions office takes that into account though.
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07-06-2008, 04:18 PM
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I bet it depends on their endowment. 1mill at Cornell has hella more weight than 1mill at Harvard.
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07-06-2008, 07:29 PM
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Around $3,000,000 at the top top schools.
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