<p>Didn't Bush Jr. get rejected from University of Texas at Austin? </p>
<p>And he got into Yale...</p>
<p>Legacy at Yale and Bush Sr. was pretty important at the time. I'm not sure where Bush Sr. was in his career, but he was either an oil man, Congressman, Ambassador, or Head of the CIA. I never heard that W was denied at UT-Austin.</p>
<p>I think I may have read that somewhere in TIME magazine some years ago...along with his SAT score which was like 1264/1600...</p>
<p>When he applied to college, 1264 was not totally unreasonable for Yale. The CB recentered the SAT in 1994 because the average score had been dropping for decades. It is a complicated algorithm, but a pre-1994 SAT of 1264 would be about a 1370 now. Also, nearly everyone took the SAT only one time with no prep. I read the directions on how to do the questions for the first time on test day. The competition to a small number of brand-name colleges started in the early 1970's. It wasn't nearly as hard to get into an ivy back then as it is now. I'm not sure when W applied to college, but it had to be before the early 70's. (As a matter of fact, the CB started rounded scores to the nearest ten's place in 1970.)</p>
<p>with 10 million, i can start my own university</p>
<p>Two people I know, both of whom aren't smart AT ALL, do a lot of cocaine. The guy got into Northwestern, and the girl Duke. The girl who got into Duke knew she got in by September 2005, before they were even taking apps. Lets just say these people (from diff families) DEFINITELY had parents who wrote a check.</p>
<p>Oh...I see now. Interesting info.</p>
<p>Definitely not 100,000 or 50,000,000. I would say five million and up would be a good amount. Now, the president said 50 million for an unqualified applicant, but how much for a qualified one? (remember top schools reject thousands of "qualified" applicants)</p>
<p>If I do really well in high school and it only takes $15 million for Dad to buy my way into Harvard instead of $50 million, do I get to keep the extra money that Dad saved?</p>
<p>btw, 1370 is still too low for Yale... and he doesnt strike me as brilliant either.. quote: "Wow Brazil is so big"</p>
<p>so... some strings were evidently pulled by either influence or cash</p>
<p>If you REALLY, REALLY want to get into a top school, don't shell out the cash, just become a lead spokesman for the Taliban.</p>
<p>yea that'll get u in yale</p>
<p>Political connections and reputation is far better than straight $$</p>
<p>hmm 50 million........imagine.....u cud spend that money urself for the rest of ur life...why get a college degree if u already have that much money!!</p>
<p>Some rich parents what to see their children succeed in life. They believe that a degree from a top school can do that (which it, to some degree,[no pun intended] can). Some parents believe that it is better to spend 30 million (or whatever), than pass down half to thier child and 15 million to uncle sam.</p>
<p>No - they just want their kids to be educated by Harvard - its a status symbol. 'Foundation families' don't need to make another dime for generations to live like Rockefeller.</p>