Can contributing/donating money to a university guarantee admission?

<p>Affirmative action apparently got W into Yale (and Andover before that). It helped him a ton to be a white, privileged, well-connected legacy. It certainly wasn’t his grades.</p>

<p>[CNN.com</a> - How affirmative action helped George W. - Jan. 20, 2003](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/20/timep.affirm.action.tm/]CNN.com”>CNN.com - How affirmative action helped George W. - Jan. 20, 2003)</p>

<p>[George</a> W. Bush’s Journey: The Cheerleader: Earning A’s in People Skills at Andover](<a href=“George W. Bush's Journey: The Cheerleader: Earning A's in People Skills at Andover”>George W. Bush's Journey: The Cheerleader: Earning A's in People Skills at Andover)</p>

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