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GonzoCane said:
Got word today he’s one of two incoming freshman awarded a Legacy Scholarship, for academic standing and being a legacy at Miami. Nice surprise. Congrats to him.
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Fantastic news. Glad to hear that they have created that scholarship, now if we could get the Endowment Fund to cover a couple hundred of them, it would be great.


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Great idea. Kick a couple grand to each legacy, keep it going. People at Miami like to talk about the U “family”. Put up some money.
 
90scane said:
When I make my next 20 mil, I'll drop 2 mil into the U Family.
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I think the idea is for the university to attempt to further demonstrate a commitment to the other legacy kids like mine. I wonder out of a class of 2000 freshman, how many are legacies?
 
GonzoCane said:
I think the idea is for the university to attempt to further demonstrate a commitment to the other legacy kids like mine. I wonder out of a class of 2000 freshman, how many are legacies?
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That isn't how a university works.
 
GonzoCane said:
I think the idea is for the university to attempt to further demonstrate a commitment to the other legacy kids like mine. I wonder out of a class of 2000 freshman, how many are legacies?
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One of my best friends from undergrad just sent his second child to UM (the first is already an upperclassman). I think the numbers could be higher, but tuition has become a HUGE disincentive, even among legacies.


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90scane said:
That isn't how a university works.
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Actually, it is absolutely how some universities, particularly private universities, particularly Ivy League universities, have worked for centuries. George W. Bush got into Yale solely because he was a legacy.

The issue is not admission, it is paying for the tuition once you have been admitted. Legacies should get a "discount" on UM tuition.

It's not a bad idea to give something back to the alums. Who knows, it might actually inspire us to donate more money to our alma mater.


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TheOriginalCane said:
Actually, it is absolutely how some universities, particularly private universities, particularly Ivy League universities, have worked for centuries. George W. Bush got into Yale solely because he was a legacy.

The issue is not admission, it is paying for the tuition once you have been admitted. Legacies should get a "discount" on UM tuition.

It's not a bad idea to give something back to the alums. Who knows, it might actually inspire us to donate more money to our alma mater.


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I knew a girl — not very smart — who applied to Northwestern as a priority legacy, as one of the school libraries is named after her grandfather or great grandfather. They actually rejected her and even noted her family connections in the rejection letter.
 
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I knew a girl — not very smart — who applied to Northwestern as a priority legacy, as one of the school libraries is named after her grandfather or great grandfather. They actually rejected her and even noted her family connections in the rejection letter.
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Northwestern is a top-10 university with an endowment over 10x bigger than Miami's... They unfortunately have more leeway when it comes to ****ing off influential alumni than the U does
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Actually, it is absolutely how some universities, particularly private universities, particularly Ivy League universities, have worked for centuries. George W. Bush got into Yale solely because he was a legacy.

The issue is not admission, it is paying for the tuition once you have been admitted. Legacies should get a "discount" on UM tuition.

It's not a bad idea to give something back to the alums. Who knows, it might actually inspire us to donate more money to our alma mater.


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More my thinking here. Admission to Miami wasn’t the issue for my son. It was a pleasant surprise for them to recognize his academic achievements and also that his old man did his undergrad work there and he has an aunt with an undergrad and law degree from Miami
 
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Fantastic. You are a proud father and you should be proud.
Not to mention you say "academic scholarship". This alone is a feat in itself
Congratulations!
 
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