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No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:35 pm
by 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?
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:39 pm
by ManOfTheMinute
silenttimer wrote: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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:25 pm
by kalvano
I won't donate money until they fire the dean and I pay off my loans.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:28 pm
by Scotusnerd
I don't plan to donate jack shit at the rates they charge. They can kiss my ass.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:52 pm
by 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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:56 pm
by 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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:40 pm
by 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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:50 pm
by Pumpkin_Pie
cinephile wrote: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?
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:51 pm
by 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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:16 pm
by sidhesadie
ph14 wrote: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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:18 pm
by Dany
I got a scholarship and I still wouldn't donate to a freaking law school.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:19 pm
by Dany
I'd send some money to a Bama football recruit though.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:39 pm
by Bronck
cinephile wrote: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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:43 pm
by Tom Joad
If I had the means someday, I would definitely fund a professorship or an expanded faculty lounge.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:48 pm
by 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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:54 pm
by Scotusnerd
Aqualibrium wrote: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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:15 pm
by dingbat
I'd offer to renovate the bathroom if they put up a plaque:
toilet donated by dingbat family
This flush is on us
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:15 pm
by 20130312
cinephile wrote: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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:22 pm
by Ruxin1
Dany wrote:I'd send some money to a Bama football recruit though.
HB furiously giving away land in exchange for LOI's.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:14 am
by 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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:23 am
by HBBJohnStamos
Ruxin1 wrote:Dany wrote:I'd send some money to a Bama football recruit though.
HB furiously giving away land in exchange for LOI's.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:26 am
by prezidentv8
kalvano wrote:I won't donate money until they fire the dean and I pay off my loans.
InGoodFaith wrote:cinephile wrote: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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:12 am
by akasabian
Pumpkin_Pie wrote:cinephile wrote: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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:27 am
by cinephile
akasabian wrote:
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.
Re: No Scholarship Money = No Donation after Graduation?
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:07 pm
by 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.