Real impact of high dollar donations

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Second, the question is largely academic for us as we are not in a position to give $200k per year to gain some advantage even if we were able to look the other way on the ethics of doing so.

Just to be clear, a $200K donation for any of these elite schools would not be a significant hook; for many families, that’s tuition. $10M, however, puts one on a different playing field altogether, IMO.