@hzhao2004 I 100% agree that admissions decisions are tied to development, but that is not what the Northwestern PR team is claiming. They claim “strong protections” exist between the two departments – which is demonstrably untrue since their Prez reviewed 550(!) applications.
And while we are talking fundraising…IRS rules require that the local classical music station donor gift acknowledgement letter reduce the documented donation amount by the value of the bumper magnet the donor is sent as a thank you gift, so how is it possible that donors who make donations to buy their child’s way into a college can take a tax deduction for the full amount? Shouldn’t they have to deduct the of value of the “thank you gift” they received – admission for their student?