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a little bit of preference при онази конкуренция е чертата между ин и аут:
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-admission-in-MIT-or-Harvard-u … ome-donation-fees
"In this case, the Admissions Committee might give you a little bit of preference and get you in. But if you are extremely average and not anywhere close to MIT/Harvard standards, they still wouldn't offer you admission.

Special attention is also paid to the applications of children of presidents, senators, industrial tycoons, influential politicians, etc. as these universities want their alma mater to be successful and children of these people usually have a lot of opportunities and are likely to be successful."
May be - But you should also meet admission requirements. Donation may run into half a million USD or more.
Също и за Станфорд:
https://blog.prepscholar.com/how-much-do-college-donations-help- … lege-applications
An admissions officer will not publically answer this question, but in my research, I found that Stanford considers development cases to be applicants from families capable of donating $500,000 or more
chances? If so, by how much? In this article, I'll answer all of these questions.


What Do Admissions Offices Usually Look for in Applicants?

 
To answer the question of how much do college donations help college admissions, we must first break down the qualifications for a “normal” applicant (who does not donate). In brief, admissions officers are looking for students:

who meet or exceed their average GPA for admitted students
who meet or exceed their 25th/75th percentile SAT or ACT score for admitted students
The 25th percentile score means that 25% of the students attending have a score at or below that number (this is below average). 75th percentile means that 75% of students have a score at or below that number. In essence, the 25th/75th percentile covers the middle 50% of all students admitted to the school.

If you score at the 75th percentile for any school and have great grades from your high school, you have a great chance at getting in. If you're at the 25th percentile, you'll need to have a strong application to boost your odds of getting in. You can find out both of these numbers by Google searching “[College Name] Freshman Admit Profile” or “[College Name] SAT” or “[College Name]” ACT.”

Of course, they factor in personal statements, supplements, achievements, letters of recommendation, etc., but without meeting the two qualifications listed above, a “normal” applicant would not have a great chance of getting in. However, admissions offices also look for special applicants known as “development cases” or “development admits” (although admission officers do not publicly acknowledge such).  


What Is a “Development Case” in Admissions?

 
As defined by Daniel Golden, author of “The Price of Admission: How America’s Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges—and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates” who conferred with sources in the Office of Undergraduate Admission at Stanford while writing his books, “‘Development case [is] a term that refers to the children of important donors or potential donors,” who receive an even more substantial advantage than legacies (students whose parents attended the school).

Why are they called development cases? To be honest, in all of my research, I have been unable to answer this question, but I would guess it either comes from the fact that these applicants can help "develop" the university (the funds their families donate will be used for development) or these applicants themselves are in need of further "development" since they do not meet the "normal" admissions standards of the university.

 

How Much Money Do You Need to Donate (or Potentially Be Able to Donate) to Qualify as a “Development Case”?
An admissions officer will not publically answer this question, but in my research, I found that Stanford considers development cases to be applicants from families capable of donating $500,000 or more.

 

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You basically need to buy a building.

 

I'm sure it's comparable at the other elite colleges, especially when you take into account that Stanford has the 4th largest endowment out of all US Colleges with over $18.6 billion. If Stanford gives preferential treatment to students who could donate $500,000 or more, I'm sure other schools with smaller endowments will at least do the same.