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<p>UCLA asked my dad for donations twice, of which he paid once; They asked me for donations two or three times too: once during a VERY pushy phonecall during my first year there, and again on finals week right as i was graduating.</p>
<p>I might be more inclined to donate if they didn’t charge us obviously BS fees like ‘student-enhancement’ fees, for us to their custom websites that like 90% of our professors don’t even use; or if they didn’t engage in predatory parking tickets; or if they didn’t make me pay $20 to join our alumni network, and an additional $30 to access our job network (of which being a member of the alumni network is a prerequisite.) And this additional $30 only gives us access for 6 months.</p>
<p>That being said, i was given an amazing opportunity by a universities that, if it were private, would have undoubtedly rejected me. That’s something i’ll never forget, and which will get me to donate in the future.</p>