<p>Yeah don't worry, no body can really give enough money to make a difference anyway. Unless you are going to rebuild Perkins Library.</p>
<p>Hilary: money talks at Duke. That's basically all I'm saying. So, therefore, if there are two qualified legacy students--one with poorer parents and the other with a history of giving to Duke and participating in Alumni stuff which applicant is more likely to get in? Oh, and that's not taking into consideration all the students they let in, to use the euphemism mafool uses, for "development admissions."
You do the math.</p>