Do schools actually take private donations? I have heard that if you make a big donation to some schools that they will actually accept you. Does anybody know how true this is?
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Through television, we often see the shows and movies that depict students getting into an Ivy League school because the parents were connected to the admissions board and/or highest authority through donations and/or prestige. I think that "old boy networks" where the parents get their children into stuff when merit doesn't warrant it do exist to a certain extent. Still, that relationship seems to depend on developed reputation and prestige and not on a one-time donation that directly precedes application.
If you are just a common person and not part of a rich family like the Hiltons and DuPonts, then you probably don't have enough money to buy your way into pharmacy school. $1,000 won't cut it because schools are going to milk you for a lot more. $1,000,000 might do it, but there would be one person on the waitlist who would be pissed if that donation was the deciding factor in you getting into the school.
