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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree that legacy practices should end, but I do think that colleges will notice a decease in alumni support. Maybe not a lot, but some.  I donated to my college sporadically since graduation, but my donations became larger and more consistent  over the years.  I wanted to maintain a connection in case DC decided she wanted to go.  DC hated the school and VA banned legacy admissions.  Donations probably won't resume. [/quote]

I think the opposite is true for me.
I never donated to USC because my alma mater didn't need my support because there were a bunch of people trying to get their kids in through the back door.
Any USC legacy with good grades and a decent SAT score could get into USC as a legacy.  USC was an extremely good safety net school for reasonably bright USC legacies.
I don't think you needed to donate money but you figured it couldn't hurt.  I have a lot of college friends that donated for this reason.
Then you kept donating money in your kid's name so your grandkids would have that safety net.
I had the good [bad?] fortune of marrying a woman noticeably smarter than me so I never felt the need to donate money to USC (in case donations mattered, they tell us it doesn't).

If USC needs money to accept provide need based aid because they are no longer selling seats to legacies, I will kick in.[/quote]

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