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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]

DP.  For most schools, the number of alumni that give at all, much less regularly, is surprisingly low.  I’ve given at a lower level and at the 6-figure level (to different schools), and IME, the schools do track who gives [u]regularly[/u] at lower levels.  At one school, I gave every year, beginning at three figures and going up to four for more than 20 years, and they do track and recognize that. I also received a handwritten note from the development office when my DC was in HS basically saying, “call us if you need anything.” This is a school that regularly gets 7 figure donations. I have also given at 6 figures to a different school (that has a huge endowment), and that gets you a development officer who is your best friend and who will come take you to lunch, invitations to special high dollar donor events, etc. My DC attends the first school, fwiw (although the second is definitely a possibility for graduate school).  [/quote]

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