No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation? Forum

[silenttimer]

If you didn't get a scholarship from the school you are attending or attended, would you ever consider giving them money after graduation?

[ManOfTheMinute]

If you didn't get a scholarship from the school you are attending or attended, would you ever consider giving them money after graduation?

No, in order to be generous, I demand prior generosity. Its the golden rule.

[kalvano]

I won't donate money until they fire the dean and I pay off my loans.

[Scotusnerd]

I don't plan to donate jack shit at the rates they charge. They can kiss my ass.

[Swimp]

Depends on how helpful they are in finding me a job I like. But in any event, probably not for a number of years.

[cinephile]

I wouldn't donate even with a full scholarship. I don't donate to any other service provider after using their services, law school is no different.

[Yukos]

I'm going to donate to my UG if I end up striking it rich just because their endowment makes me cry when I see it on Wikipedia. Law schools will be taking enough of my money, they deserve nothing more.

[Pumpkin_Pie]

I wouldn't donate even with a full scholarship. I don't donate to any other service provider after using their services, law school is no different.

My UG fundraising dept is the worst. I once had a meeting with her to get funds for a student event. She was talking smack about alumnae who have iPhones but don't donate to the school. Seriously? The bar is set that low?

[ph14]

I think this is a pretty good rule of thumb. If I ever decided I wanted to give back to my school I would just set up an outside scholarship and give the money directly to the students or whatever I wanted to fund.

[sidhesadie]

I think this is a pretty good rule of thumb. If I ever decided I wanted to give back to my school I would just set up an outside scholarship and give the money directly to the students or whatever I wanted to fund.

This. Or possibly a napping room. Because that would be good.

[Dany]

I got a scholarship and I still wouldn't donate to a freaking law school.

[Dany]

I'd send some money to a Bama football recruit though.

[Bronck]

I wouldn't donate even with a full scholarship. I don't donate to any other service provider after using their services, law school is no different.

[Tom Joad]

If I had the means someday, I would definitely fund a professorship or an expanded faculty lounge.

[Aqualibrium]

I'll donate for sure. I had named scholarships that covered full tuition/fees and were provided by individual donors each year of law school. I feel obligated to direct funds to the school in a way that is similar if I ever have the means to do so.

If those weren't the circumstances, I think I'd still donate because I enjoyed my time at the school and had an objectively favorable outcome, but it wouldn't be to the same extent.

[Scotusnerd]

I'll donate for sure. I had named scholarships that covered full tuition/fees and were provided by individual donors each year of law school. I feel obligated to direct funds to the school in a way that is similar if I ever have the means to do so.

If those weren't the circumstances, I think I'd still donate because I enjoyed my time at the school and had an objectively favorable outcome, but it wouldn't be to the same extent.

I'm glad you feel that way. (No, I don't mean this sarcastically, despite what I said earlier)

I personally can't justify it in my situation, but schools need people to donate to keep going. They're sometimes a lot of the reason people get scholarships in the first place.

[dingbat]

I'd offer to renovate the bathroom if they put up a plaque:

toilet donated by dingbat family
This flush is on us

[20130312]

I wouldn't donate even with a full scholarship. I don't donate to any other service provider after using their services, law school is no different.

This. Fuck 'em.

[Ruxin1]

I'd send some money to a Bama football recruit though.

HB furiously giving away land in exchange for LOI's.

[thomas7669]

If I ever get the funds, I'll donate money to admitted students who decide NOT to attend. This is for law school in general. This isnt a jab at my school.

[HBBJohnStamos]

I'd send some money to a Bama football recruit though.

HB furiously giving away land in exchange for LOI's.

[prezidentv8]

I won't donate money until they fire the dean and I pay off my loans.

I wouldn't donate even with a full scholarship. I don't donate to any other service provider after using their services, law school is no different.

This. Fuck 'em.

[akasabian]

I wouldn't donate even with a full scholarship. I don't donate to any other service provider after using their services, law school is no different.

My UG fundraising dept is the worst. I once had a meeting with her to get funds for a student event. She was talking smack about alumnae who have iPhones but don't donate to the school. Seriously? The bar is set that low?

I know that a lot of schools care more about the number of alumni who donate over the amount each donate. The theory that it is better to have 15 donors give $5 each instead of 2 giving $40 each.

[cinephile]

I know that a lot of schools care more about the number of alumni who donate over the amount each donate. The theory that it is better to have 15 donors give $5 each instead of 2 giving $40 each.

It's not what they care about, it's more like why in god's name would I donate? If I buy an iphone, I pay the price of the phone and I'm done with it. And I don't ge emails every so often from Apple asking me for a donation. School is just the same. It's not a charity.

[dixiecupdrinking]

I'd give my school $50 for every 1% by which they reduced the cost of attendance.

They're not getting shit from me as long as they're putting each class deeper into debt than the one before.