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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They express it in reverse.

Alumni are liable to stop donating if their children are rejected.[/quote]

My spouse and I attended the same college as did my father and his brother. We give every year and have since graduation, and we would stop if DS is rejected. We'd continue if DS declined, but I'd see a rejection as the school severing the link.  [/quote]

My spouse and I both attended the same school and we donate every year - our children aren't even applying - they don't want to go.  We will still donate because we are supporting the school, not paying so that we will be given special favors for our children.
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It's an interesting dynamic for the universities. Admitting a student vs upsetting an alum and cutting the funding source. I've seen it play out a few ways.

There are certainly instances of "pay for play" and generations of financial support beyond the means of most and kids going to schools because it was pre-ordained.

I've also seen it lead to multiple "break ups" of alums with colleges, especially where kids don't really want to go to the same school as mom/dad, and that comes across in the application / demonstrated interest etc. to a school being careful about yield protection. I've even heard of schools waitlisting indifferent kids and then asking the family for "more commitment".  In some cases the kids are duds and don't meet the new bar; in others the kids are great and ended up at equivalent or better schools who are now getting the donations.
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