<p>People say it is easier to get into Top schools if you are rich.</p>
<p>Is it actually legal to put money on your application when you send it?
Do schools accept it or automatically reject you if you did this?</p>
<p>I think these "people" are referring to the fact that their parents were rich and donated a crapload of money to the school. For example, if your parents donated a million dollars to the school, you will have an excellent chance at getting into the school. People don't actually "put money" onto their application, matter of fact, I'm pretty sure nobody who is applying to a top school is dumb enough to attatch money to their application.</p>
<p>For exmaple, my friend got into UPenn, solely on the fact that her father was alum, and donated ALOT of money to the school. Obviously she wasn't a complete idiot, but her stats didn't compare to other peoples who got rejected.</p>
<p>There's rich and then there's rich. There are very few rich enough to buy their kids entrance into a top school by donating money, just because it's a ton of money. There are many more rich enough to send their children to top private prep schools. There are more still with enough money for SAT prep tutors and college coaches. Yes, it is easier to get into a top school with a good private prep school education. Tutors, SAT prep tutors, and college coaches also help.</p>
<p>I love the naivete of the OP. What you do if you are rich (which probably means nowadays over $50 million dollars in investable assets), is contact the development office ( or if you are an alumnus you may at times do it through the alumni office). You will meet someone there and the rest is history.</p>
<p>The amount to money depends on how prestigious the school
is.For example: John Kluge gave Columbia 2 donations: $110 million and $400 million. Aren't you surprised to find out that his son was accepted in 2001?</p>
<p>I love the naivete of the OP.</p>
<p>I second the OldPerson. Was that an honest question? "Is it legal to PUT MONEY ON YOUR APPLICATION when you send it"</p>
<p>lol, i laughed my head off for like 10 minutes.</p>
<p>I was debating weather it was a serious question or not.</p>
<p>I heard a $20 can increase your chances of admission to any school ten-fold.</p>
<p>seriously? i was actually considering putting in a 50. things are bargains these days.</p>
<p>Hah, now I'm considering applying to Harvard and sending a little note that says, "I didn't take any SAT IIs, but here's a little something something instead," and attaching a Jackson, if only to see if they would make some sort of response. Or even better, see if they would send it back.</p>
<p>"Is it actually legal to put money on your application when you send it?"</p>
<p>of course it's legal; just make sure you send the app. to my house first (so i can check on everything)...i'll make sure the colleges get your money ;)</p>
<p>if i win the lottery, im gonna put all my money onto HYP app's so i can get in all of them, and brag.</p>
<p>i have a feeling this is one of those threads that turns into everyone cracking corny jokes</p>
<p>No one literally puts money and sends it to the admissions office -- if that's what you mean. That WOULD get you an automatic rejection.</p>
<p>But, I assume you are talking about large donations, which effectively guarantee your admittance(provided the size of the donation is adequate -- $5mil-$10mil is a good start). So long as you don't blatantly say, on your application, "admit me because I donated $x," you can gain entrance this way(people in the admissions office will know if your family donates that kind of money). That said, I doubt most people on this board are that rich -- hell, if they were, then they wouldn't be here!</p>
<p>And, it's to everyone's advantage to let these people into these schools. Think about it-- that $5mil or $10mil a single person donated could help fund a large portion of a research project which could, in turn, bring in more money and prestige for the university. Or, alternatively, that money could go towards giving more financial aid out to everyone. But, I assume that you don't have THAT kind of money freely floating around.</p>
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<p>this thread makes me laugh no matter how many times I read it.</p>
<p>right, and how many ppl have 5-10 million assets?</p>
<p>aisgzdavinci: if you look, you'll see many, many institutions receive gifts of this size or larger. I would assume that not all of them come with a request for a grandchild but universities (or their hospitals) definitely get many millions from individuals.</p>
<p>Um, this is all true. I saw it happen this year.</p>
<p>This girl that I used to room with scored a 24 on the ACT and her PSAT was 163.. she wouldn't tell anyone what she got on the SAT because she was upset about her scores but I think it was in that same range. She does average in school (B's and C's) with an easy course load and doesn't take a foreign language (dropped Spanish when she got to her third year because it was too hard). Sub-par extracurriculars.</p>
<p>She got into BC early action because her grandfather donated 1 million (no one in her family attended BC; he donated money randomly to Catholic organizations).</p>
<p>i meant putting more money than required geniuses, i didn't think that would be so hard to figure out.</p>