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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, OP. People buy their kids’/grandkids’ seats all the time. Make sure you mention to the “development” folks that you are a prospective parent. Very excited and hoping little Larlo has a chance for admission next year. Know it’s so very competitive but really hoping and wishing he gets a chance.

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Only if they have been affiliated with the school. And been giving for years. Not one big donation right before admissions. OP would be seen as giving a bribe. [/quote]

Bribing *whom*?

Am I bribing Doordash to deliver Chow mein?

Paying the company that sells the service isn't a bribe; it's a bid.

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+1  I went to a private school on an academic scholarship (and I wouldn’t have been attending without it for sure!) and I always understood that the school was a business and they accepted students that would improve their business.  Sometimes that was kids like me to boost their standardized tests scores/college admissions results, and sometimes that was kids like the children of minor Saudi royalty whose parents paid for the new fitness center.  If it’s bribery, I’m glad my classmates parents bribed their way in to pay for my robotics club and high quality music lessons.[/quote]

Well said. I agree with your thoughts.[/quote]

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