Help! need donation strategy to ensure admission

Weasel8488
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:44:00 +0000

Haha not bad.



I really think that the university would just tell their employees to come clean and they will try to justify what they do just like you do.

Perhaps this would be the case. I doubt it, but you never know. In either case, I highly doubt that the IRS would be able to prove its case. Without a contract or any negotiation records, Princeton employees would not have a lot to offer the IRS in the way of evidence. Princeton could also easily compile a list of major donors whose children were rejected. The list wouldn’t be incredibly lengthy, but certainly long enough to cast doubt on the IRS’s case.

You do make a number of good points. First, donating $2 million won’t move tothemax’s son to the top of the list (or anywhere near it, to be quite frank). Second, it does help to be an alumnus and have a history of making large donations. Princeton’s goal is to appease someone they know will donate for the long haul. It’s about much more than a one time payment. This further clouds the quid pro quo issue.