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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to Yale, not Princeton.  So did my husband.  We used to give a small amount every year and we both had a very good experience at Yale.  We don't bother anymore.   I don't know if our kids will have any interest in going to Yale or have the credentials (they are still young) but the fact that Yale seems willing to move away from caring about family connections and is constantly crowing about how many first gen applicants they accept, makes me not care as much about sending them money.  I am sure that those first gen applicants are terrific and deserve to be at Yale, but I don't like that they are holding my accomplishments against my kids.  My parents worked really hard to become the first in their families to go to state colleges in the 1960s. My parents' hard work is something to be proud of and that I'm glad was not held against me when I applied to Yale.  I was truly middle class, so not low income, and my parents went to college, so not first gen.  That is not the same thing as being a wealthy kid from generations of college graduates.  This new emphasis on FGLI is a blunt instrument.  [/quote]

NP here.  Thank you for your candid perspective.  I had this idea in my head that if I had gone to Yale and had kids who might be interested in attending Yale, I would be giving a fair amount to give my kids an advantage.  (This is all hypothetical of course).  I have never heard someone articulate it the way you just did - it's food for thought for sure.

There's definitely a new emphasis on FGLI, rural students, and international students in the name of equity.  I don't know if that's going to change at these elite schools or not, but it is unsettling for parents these days for sure.[/quote]
It's unsettling that people still want to keep legacies today.[/quote]

We're you similarly unsettled by affirmative action?[/quote]

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