| ▲ | yalok 6 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
> the administration probably done some basic calculation: they get more in donations from alumni who want legacy admissions for their progeny than they get from Cal Grants. The calculation was beyond basic - I read somewhere here that it was around $3m that they were getting from Cal Grants. Around 8 years ago, I heard (from a friend of mine) that the min donation to guarantee admission to Stanford was ~$10m. Wouldn’t be surprised that it’s even a higher number nowadays… | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | _alternator_ 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
The crazy thing is that they refused CalGrants not because it forces them to end legacy and donor admissions, but because they’d have to publish data about such admissions. So the calculation was that a report showing how much unfairness there is in the admissions process will hurt the Stanford ‘brand’ by more that $3M per year. Ouch. | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | gpt5 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Applicants who get admitted due to a (very) large donation are a tiny pool, and unrelated to the legacy admission question. Their benefit is also much clearer, the $10M donation you mentioned can clearly and directly help a lot of students. | |||||||||||||||||
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