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[quote=Anonymous]Is there a campaign going on at your school?  If so, and if you can afford to pledge $20K a year for 5 years to reach $100K, tell the advancement person when you meet them that this is your intention.  Coming from a new family, this will make you stand out and, then yes, it might help with admissions.  That $20K can be inclusive of all the "asks" - annual fund, school gala, capitol giving.  Another benefit of doing this early is that you won't be subjected to all the annual solicitations for five years.  If that level shocks you, it shouldn't.  That's the standard ask at our school during a campaign for those living in $2.7M houses.

Anything less than that will matter less in admissions than having an applicant child that meets the admissions criteria -- and just being "good citizens" as parents by showing up to events, being respectful to faculty, staying informed, and having a rule-abiding child.  Do participate in the annual fund at whatever the leadership society is, usually $2500, because that's what's expected.  But it's not like the advancement director is sending over a list to admissions of families that didn't participate in annual giving yet.  There wouldn't be any point to it for a family in their first year anyway.  The admissions decisions will be released several months before the end of the fiscal year. [/quote]

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