<p>hey,
i heard that if you donate lots of money to harvard, your chances go up in getting accepted. what is lots? hundreds? thousands? millions?</p>
<p>I once heard that a Harvard librarian was asked what Harvard's library system could achieve with a million dollars. The librarian replied that they would need ten times that much to even think about a new project.</p>
<p>All hear-say, though, and I can't remember where I read that...</p>
<p>But hey, if you can afford to buy your way in, then my tuition is probably chump change for you. Mind if I borrow a little? :P</p>
<p>yes, that is true for practically all the ivy league schools, plus MIT, stanford, etc. But I would probably say it has to be a minimum of a couple million for your acceptance chances to go up.</p>
<p>You need to donate 1 million plus in order to get onto the Committee of Undergraduate Resources, the high-roller donor group (<a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=523313)%5B/url%5D">http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=523313)</a>. I hardly think you would need to be one of the 200ish members of COUR to get a kick in your admissions though. A mere six figure donation would probably be sufficient...</p>
<p>Note that a contribution of $360,000 would increase the university's endowment by 1/1,000 of 1%.</p>