<p>Are people's chances improved if they have a relative working in the vatican? (not me, just someone else from my school applying to ND same time as me has the relative) Am i going to have a hard time overcomming his "connections"?</p>
<p>...bump...</p>
<p>hmm no i dont think so even if they put it down</p>
<p>Maybe slightly but I don't think much if anything. Heck, I have a friend whose father is a million dollar annual giver and he was rejected, so what does that tell you. By and large with any university people get in based upon their merits, and I think that is the way it is here. If you are qualified, you will be accepted, don't worry about anyone else! Good luck!</p>
<p>i seriously doubt ur friend got rejected if his dad donated a million dollars annually, unless maybe if hes retarded</p>
<p>yea the donations will be beneficial, but there is only so much that it can do</p>
<p>Not sure if you are trying to question me or not Rick, but trust me it does happen and I have seen it a few times actually. They were not retarted but they were not great students either...maybe 2.5-3.0 at a solid private high school. We let football players in with less! I am glad they don't pay that much attention to the money, assuming that I haven't just seen aberrations.</p>
<p>Probably not, unless that person were to write some sort of letter of reccommendation.</p>