How much do you give to your college/grad school in donations?

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Fuck em. I paid full ride for my MBA while I watched others get scholarships because they happened to be a minority. Good for them, but as far as I'm concerned I already donated by subsidizing the education of others. They'll never get a penny from me.

Wow.

Really? Thats how it works. If you happen to be in a desirable cross-segment of the population for the purposes of marketing the MBA program (more women, more minorities, etc) then you are enticed with cash. If you are not in that segment, you are not. It's not merit based or need based in the least. I'm OK with that - I get it - but it does mean that I have in affect already paid more than my equitable share.

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Anonymous wrote:$0. Wouldn't even consider it until I get these student loans off my back. So, it's pretty much never gonna happen.

This. I told them to stop calling cause I'd be paying student loans for the next 15 years.

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Nothing. First, niether of us have a sentimental attachment to our colleges. Also, they don't seem to be charities.

However, my husband gives a few hundred dollar per year to his catholic high school, which is in a poor neighborhood and gives scholarships to needy kids. That just seems to be more of a worthwhile cause. Oh, and my Target credit card is attached to my elementary school.

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$50-60/year to my state undergrad, although I would consider donating more in the years to come.

$0 to my private law school. I came out with about $200K and almost have it paid off, but have no interest in giving them even MORE money. Like others - I saw them give away financial aid to others sometimes arbitrarily, and perhaps I'm just bitter, but they didn't scratch my back, so I do not intend to scratch theirs. The only reason I would donate is to keep up their ranking so as to keep up the value of my degree.

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Not a single penny. We paid for our educations. Never understood this!

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We give $1200 to our undergrad and grad schools, combined.

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I am still paying back loans. GWU can get their money elsewhere

DH did grad school there in the 90s. He feels the same way. It is his opinion that GW is rolling in money and the top echelon within the institution reaps the benefits.

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Anonymous wrote:ZERO.

I already paid them for the service they provided.

Plus they went through a multi-year stretch where 100% of all correspondence was donation requests. No alumni activities, just solicitations. Then I read about their BILLION dollar endowment. I can think of many organizations that need my dollars more.