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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
I may have mentioned this before, but back in August, a young woman who's a sophomore at my undergrad sent me an e-mail. She basically gave me "i'm so qualified!" song and dance before asking me if I could help her with her educational expenses...to the tune of $30K. Since she got my e-mail through the alumni mentoring website, I called Alumni Relations at once to ask them what would happen if I chose to report this. Let's just say that the consequences were serious.
I think it's mini-generational. I'm not that much older than this girl, but there's no way in hell I'd e-mail a total stranger asking for $30K. These kids are part of the "MySpace" generation where it's totally okay to blast your personal information for the world to see.
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Don't get me wrong. I think it's weird and kind of shady to assume that other people should just pitch into to take care of your financial obligations, particularly when you are electing to buy an upgraded and maybe even luxury product (private university vs. local cheap public).
And the girl who approached you compounded this by violating the terms of the mentoring program, so I'd regard her as even more morally questionable.
But I don't see this Notre Dame page as being that bad. You can give or not give. One doesn't even have to visit the site.