With two kids in college and having gone through the process twice over the last 4 years, I can tell you there is no such thing as legacy admissions unless you are uber wealthy. You have to donate tens of millions dollars. We know several families who have donated to and raised money for their elite alma maters for years — to the tune of…
With two kids in college and having gone through the process twice over the last 4 years, I can tell you there is no such thing as legacy admissions unless you are uber wealthy. You have to donate tens of millions dollars. We know several families who have donated to and raised money for their elite alma maters for years — to the tune of millions of dollars — whose highly qualified kids were rejected. These universities are missing out on a lot of great kids, and killing their fundraising in the process.
Not only that, but schools are disincentivizing regular alumni to donate as well. Why would I give money to a school with a massive endowment knowing my kid won’t get in anyway? And many of the students they are admitting now will have no loyalty or connection to the school. They will complain they were marginalized or mistreated during their time there, and never fundraise or donate a nickel. It’s already happening and will only get worse. I guess they don’t care.
Mine reportedly has one of the biggest armies of DEI officers of any university. I'll bet they are paid up to $300K apiece, depending on their org chart level. No more donations to them!
Sounds like these elite schools absolutely do not need another dollar in donations or from fundraising...ever. Are people engaging in fundraisers for the purpose of getting their kids admitted ?
With two kids in college and having gone through the process twice over the last 4 years, I can tell you there is no such thing as legacy admissions unless you are uber wealthy. You have to donate tens of millions dollars. We know several families who have donated to and raised money for their elite alma maters for years — to the tune of millions of dollars — whose highly qualified kids were rejected. These universities are missing out on a lot of great kids, and killing their fundraising in the process.
Not only that, but schools are disincentivizing regular alumni to donate as well. Why would I give money to a school with a massive endowment knowing my kid won’t get in anyway? And many of the students they are admitting now will have no loyalty or connection to the school. They will complain they were marginalized or mistreated during their time there, and never fundraise or donate a nickel. It’s already happening and will only get worse. I guess they don’t care.
I’ve stopped donating to my alma mater just on principal.
Mine reportedly has one of the biggest armies of DEI officers of any university. I'll bet they are paid up to $300K apiece, depending on their org chart level. No more donations to them!
I agree.
Most schools have more administrators than professors.
Sounds like these elite schools absolutely do not need another dollar in donations or from fundraising...ever. Are people engaging in fundraisers for the purpose of getting their kids admitted ?
Absolutely right. These schools do not need the smaller donations. They get enough from the Uber wealthy leftists who set the institutional agendas.