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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not worth it unless the additional cost would be insignificant to the family finances.

Brown may be more selective, but the difference is diminished by Brown's reputation as the Ivy most likely to open its doors to anyone with a fat enough checkbook.

If we were talking about HYPS, Columbia, or even Penn, different answer.[/quote]

Like Penn and Ivanka Trump, you mean?

Or Harvard and Jared Kushner?

Actually, I do believe Ivanka is bright enough and her admissions was justified, but there's no question that Kushner bought his admissions to Harvard. All these schools will give preferential admissions to the right student with the right financial background. [/quote]

So you admit the Ivanka comment is irrelevant, while the Kushner comment doesn't negate the fact that Brown is perceived to do this far more frequently than Harvard or other Ivies.  [/quote]

The Kushners are widely discussed on here and many have alleged Ivanka only got into Wharton through her family's connections and money. That itself is debatable, we will never know. But it's no secret that Jared Kushner and his brother were accepted at Harvard following a hefty multi-million dollar donation by their father and their HS counselor is on record as saying the boys didn't have the academic record to justify being admitted.

FYI you may enjoy this link: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-story-behind-jared-kushners-curious-acceptance-into-harvard which talks about buying access into elite colleges, Harvard not excepted. I haven't read his book (https://www.amazon.com/Price-Admission-Americas-Colleges-Outside/dp/1400097975/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479403171&sr=8-1&keywords=the+price+of+admission) but it sounds like Brown is far from being the only school guilty of this practice. [/quote]

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