<p>What kind of grades/SAT score would you need to get into Wharton if you know someone who graduated from there and has there own wing built from donation. Donation was in excess of 7 mil.</p>
<p>It’s hard to say how seriously some schools take alumni/donor relationships to candidates for admission. Basically at Ivy League schools, they get thousands of applicants in the top 5% of their classes with 2200+ SAT’s and don’t know which ones to choose. If you are one of those very “qualified” applicants AND have this connection, you will probably be one of those chosen from the many qualified applicants. If you go through with this, make sure you have the donor write you a recommendation and maybe more (phone call to Wharton?) to make sure they take the connection seriously.</p>
<p>I seriously recommend having them give a written and oral recommendation. Without this, the connection will really be worth nothing.</p>