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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]After grad school, we have given $200/yr every year.

Also started giving to my undergrad at that time $100/yr and spouse gives same to another grad school they attended. 
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It is hard to believe this level of giving would give you a leg-up on having your kid admitted. Are you really on their radar screen if you give less than five figures a year?[/quote]

No - we do not expect our giving to be on their radar as anything meaningful for admissions.  But my point continues to be that we do not give (and never have) with any thoughts about how it helps us or whether it would be a boost in admissions. The donations are meant to help the school and the students there.

Our donations are always targeted to the specific academic departments that we were part of.  I am certain that those departments DO care about our giving because faculty are in contact with us annually to thank us and to tell us how those funds are used to help students in the department.  So, in that sense, we are fully ON their radar - which is the radar we intend to be on.  I highly doubt they tell admissions and we would never ask them to do so.  [/quote]

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