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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on the college. Some do, many don't.

Legacy is a separate hook from the big donor category. [b]Typically only the big donor would involve communication between the development office and the admissions office, with that communication going from the development person to admissions, not the other way around[/b]. For most colleges, when the admissions office is looking at their legacy app pile, they are not calling up the development office to get data on how often every alum gave. (Colleges are also aware that alums tend to give more once their child is enrolled.)

A separate observation about the big donor category: by the time your child is in college, if your child does not apply for financial aid and your level of wealth is very high as indicated by public records (e.g. property ownership, type of employment, etc), you can expect to get calls from the regional development people from your child's college looking for donations (regardless of whether you also happen to be an alum or not). Secondary to this observation, this may not mean anything for subsequent sibling admissions, as development may have more or less pull at different colleges.[/quote]

I work in development at a top 25 school and agree with all of this, especially the bolded part, and would add that the development office would notify admissions only in the case of very high-level donors or prospects. The average alumni donor gets no special consideration beyond what legacy confers.[/quote]

This.  Development calls admissions where they think it will be helpful.  The threshold they call for can vary by school.  I do not think it is only very high donors (as in millions).  But it is not the $100 a year level that will get the call made.  [/quote]

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