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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’ll be shooting your self in the foot. The only time it’s appropriate to do this is if you are an alum or a grandparent was. Otherwise it’s crass. How many rich parents can afford to do what you are doing? Tons. Money is a flush in DC and NYC. [/quote]

The schools do it all the time. You may think it’s crass but there it is. Where do you think the term development admit comes from?[/quote]

The schools do it all the time but it has to be in an innocuous fashion. Like the head of school recommending you as a good donor. Or you expressing an interest in the school and donating for multiple years before you actually do admissions. Whipping out your check book and saying how much is bribery. And frankly five years of tuition, let’s say 300k, these schools are so competitive most rich people can do that if they thought that guaranteed them a place. [/quote]

I think at our school the bribe rate is at lease 7 figures.  Most rich people can’t do this, but some can and everyone knows.  Y[b]ou will also have to acknowledge the fact that you kid will know they didn’t get in on merit.  AND your kid will have to wonder if the other kids just want to be friends because their parents did this.  Some kids don’t care but the more adjusted, socially savvy ones do.[/b][/quote]

This is such a giant bunch of bunk. First of all, how is a kid giong to know this?  What parents would tell them?
"Hey son.  Just wanted to let you know that we're writing a big check to help your application because without the cash you weren't getting in".

And these kids don't stand out as being inferior students.  There are plenty of kids floating around the top  schools who aren't academic super stars: legacies, siblings, lifers, athletes, etc.  Probably a full 50% are not there on academics alone.

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At our school some of them do stand out as academically inferior. And of course the parents don't tell them; the other students do.  You don't think when students question why their super smart athletic friend didn't get in but Larlo did the parent refrain from making a flippant comment about the donation size from Larlo's parents, not a chance.  I've seen/heard these from MANY parents. Private schools are no stranger to the gossip mill.[/quote]

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