Is a $500,000 donation enough to secure a spot at Harvard Med?

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<p>But 500k isn’t a big donation. Look at it this way - HMS endowment is something like 3B - so to put a 500K gift in perspective, if you are running a school with a 300K endowment, it’s like someone slipping you 50 bucks to buy their way in the door.</p>