<p>Yes, I give to the 2 universities my kids have attended on scholarships. Youngest is a full pay freshman, we have not been asked and I don’t expect we’ll give while she is a student there. </p>
<p>I do not give to my university because I am not very fond of the place. I gave to the high school I attended on scholarship for many years, but figure my obligation there is finished.</p>
<p>Nope. We were full pay. that was as much as we could do. We do donate to our own alma mater. I figure it’s up to them to donate to theirs.</p>
<p>I will later, after she graduates and the loans are paid off. If I could afford to give, she wouldn’t be getting grant money.</p>
<p>Not significant amount but I do.</p>
<p>I did the first 2 years, now son’s a senior and money is real tight.</p>
<p>When I win the lottery I will generously donate. Until then, I will focus any extra income on paying off parent loans for their educations. I know my daughters will donate back to their schools once they graduate and start earning a decent living.</p>
<p>We did donate while son was a student. He received merit aid and we knew some students who did the calls. Now we donate/support the local cc.</p>
<p>With 3 in college we don’t donate now, but we will eventually donate to D2 and D3’s school because of the extremely generous merit money they both received. As for D1, not a chance- when we were told “we don’t give scholarships in her major, because frankly, we don’t have to” - I consider her tuition to be enough.</p>
<p>LOL I asked my parents and they said they never got any fund calls. I know that my fiance’s parents did (same school). I guess they know better than to even bother with Pell families ;)</p>
<p>We didn’t donate while oldest was in school. But, after she graduated, we donated in the amount of her merit award. it was a significant award and we didn’t need it anyway, and wanted to replace the amount, but it was a nice thing for her to have earned.</p>
<p>Our youngest goes to our alma mater. We donate there as a matter of course. But, not because she’s there.</p>
<p>Heck no. Maybe someday when we pay off all the loans.</p>
<p>No, we don’t. Since our daughter has a very generous scholarship from her school, we will encourage her to donate once she graduates and can afford to do so. Once all of our children are through school, if we are happy with the education D has received, we will definitely consider donating to her school. At present our college giving dollars go to my husband’s alma mater that provided him with a merit-based full ride at a time when he desperately needed it. We have repaid that scholarship many times over through donations and are happy to be able to do so.</p>
<p>We do not contribute to our S’s or D’s college parent fund. I don’t see the reason why I should contribute to them. I paid and am paying a fair amount for my kid’s education in the form of tuition.</p>
<p>I do contribute to my alma mater every year and my wife occasionally to hers. </p>
<p>I encourage my S to contribute to his and will encourage my D when she graduate from hers. Whether they do so will, of course, be up to them.</p>
<p>"Do you give? Why or why not? "
-We are not giving anything to anybody. We are currently in negative territory since our expenses are greater than our income. Cannot afford giving under this condition.</p>
<p>No frickin’ way. We pay full tuition. That is enough.</p>
<p>Now for MY alma maters, after I had a job, I contributed to them.</p>
<p>We give to both of our state flagships. Son attends one and we work at the other. Both do so much for our state to make it a better place, especially the one son attends; through their extension services, business outreach, research, economic development, etc that we want to support them.</p>
<p>Neither wife nor I give to our schools. Mine has more than enough money. I would rather support my state schools that directly help and impact my local community.</p>
<p>We gave to the college while QMP was enrolled there–not a lot, but a fair amount relative to our means, to the Parents’ Fund. We were full-pay also. We are not now giving. I anticipate that we will resume when the college bills are paid off. This should happen well before QMP’s 40’s. But in the meantime, nope.</p>
<p>DW and I gave to both DD’s schools while they were in college as a thank you for the nice merit aid. Now that they’ve graduated it’s up to the girls if they want to contribute. I do contribute a nominal amount to my own former college.</p>
<p>No way. If S wants to after (if?) he graduates, that’s up to him. I donate every year to my alma mater because I went there almost entirely on a combination of merit and need-based aid, and I’m paying it forward.
That would seriously **** me off!</p>
<p>^ that even legal? Questionable ethics, IMHO.</p>