<p>I need some advice. I graduated from U of F 30 years ago and I have been sending an average of $200.00 per year every year since I graduated.</p>
<p>I know it is not much, but to me it is. So my ? is should my son mention these donations on his application?</p>
<p>My first response was NO. But then I started thinking WHY NOT? And then I figured that the University knows who I am and my son has to put my name and my graduation date and degree on the applicaiton so why bother.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t. It’s probably only important for the people who get reserved parking spaces during game days. Not sure if this is true or not, but I’ve heard donations of $20,000 and up.</p>
<p>I know someone in my hometown who is a decent student but was denied admission to UF even though his grandfather was a UF grad, a huge huge bullgator donor having given millions of dollars to the university, and even a UF athletic stadium is named after him. Donating $200/yr is fine and dandy but I doubt it will tip the admission scale favorably any for your son at UF.</p>
<p>I realize that you kept it cryptic for a reason, but I have tried to think of which stadium you could be talking about, it must be a recreation stadium because I cannot imagine that O’Connell or Griffin would have any trouble getting almost anything they wanted! haha</p>
<p>There’s the baseball stadium, softball stadium, lacrosse stadium… Could be Gale Lemerand (of Gale Lemerand drive, and the Lemerand athletic complex). Or it could be BS.</p>
<p>Also, on topic, I don’t think it matters either way about the donations, but unless the application specifically asks, I don’t really know how you would include that info. I also don’t think donations are suppose to effect admissions; we’re not a private university after all.</p>
<p>If YOUR SON wants to mention it, he could put it in the “why UF?” essay. </p>
<pre><code> I have Bullgator blood in my veins. I have been hearing and dreaming about UF since
I knew what college was, and knew that my mom was sending her $200 to UF every
year since graduation in 1980…
</code></pre>
<p>thanks for the input folks. I guess I should have mentioned that my son has a 4.33 UF calculated GPA, a 1950 in his SAT, a 32 in his ACT, 270 comm service hours, holds a few postions in the NHS, and he also has 2nd degree blackbelt in Karate.</p>
<p>I know that $200 is nothing. And I also know of some bull gators family members that did not get in. But I would bet that their credentials/gpa/test scores just didnt cut it??</p>