Reply to Husband doesn’t want to donate to my alma mater

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Husband doesn’t want to donate to my alma mater"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a Brown alum and DH went to Amherst. We are UMC and have a very bright 7 yo. DH’s alma mater has ended legacy admissions but mine hasn’t, and while I have given off and on in the past I was thinking it would make sense to make sure we’re making an annual donation to my school to help give DC a leg up in case he wants to apply someday. DH is dead set against this and thinks I am being ridiculous. I freely admit that I probably am, I just wouldn’t want to have not done something that could have helped DC. Thoughts?[/quote]

My husband and his father went to a not to be names Ivy. They have donated more than $9M over the years (25 years). And guess what? My son with a 1560 SAT, 3.9 us GPA and amazing ECs was waitlisted and never got off the waitlist. Stop this nonsense. If $9M didnt help with a qualified kid, forget about donating a few thousand dollars. Needless to say, the donations have stopped with a nice letter to the development office.

Kid was accepted to another Ivy through RD process…[/quote]

Then you did something really wrong. Is your kid a jerk? Development should have made the connection but did you make it easy and nudge them (with that level of donation you should have a contact in development). Something is missing. Be honest with your self.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics