Originally Posted by Val
[quote=Bostonian][quote=JonLaw]Have just discussed this point with someone familiar with it.

It's more subtle than giving a million bucks in exchange for the admission.

I actually know of a conversation regarding a million dollars in exchange for admission. However, I don't think that said potential enrolee ever got the million out of the family piggy bank (which was full of many such millions), so it never went anywhere, but for want of the million dollars.

I take it that you just confirmed my thesis that money is useful for services?