Hopkins joins MIT and Cal Tech and UC system: Alumni children get no preference
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Anonymous
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Maybe the start of a larger trend.
Scroll down towards the bottom of the link. https://apply.jhu.edu/common-questions/ |
Anonymous
| Good for them, although boo to whoever designed that nausea-inducing webpage. |
Anonymous
| If this is the start of a larger trend then it’s about time. Preference for these kids is total BS. |
Anonymous
| I support this, but only because I believe private colleges should be able to accept any student they want for any reason they want as long as they do not violate laws. |
Anonymous
+1000 |
Anonymous
| Just because a MIT doesn't provide a preference/tip/hook for legacy applicants doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of legacy students there. Notice that they don't report any data on legacy, including how many just happen to have had a parent or other relative who attended. I have a limited data set, but MIT is the most common destination of the children of the MIT alums I know (30-40% of their kids). Most of the advantages of legacy (and faculty brats) are the socio-economic privileges of being the scion of well-to-do, highly educated parents. For the same reason, legacy at Harvard or any other elite college are some of the most qualified applicants and they would be greatly over represented anyways. |
Anonymous
I went to MIT and only have one friend from my time there who was a 3rd generation MIT alum. Some people had other hooks (Patreus' son, Treasury Sec's son, Professor's daughter, etc.). I went to high school with the granddaughter of a famous MIT alum and her parents were alums but she didn't even apply thinking her stats weren't good enough. I feel like a lot of people, especially women, don't even apply and think it's an unfriendly environment. Don't get me wrong, its brutal. But definitely one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Best people I've ever met. |
Anonymous
| Looks like they don’t need alumni money anymore now that Daddy Warbucks Bloomberg is on the scene. Kind of obnoxious to do away with the policy because one rich alum. |
Anonymous
| Probably because Hopkins already has quite weak alumni support and low rates of alum interest compared to other schools. |
Anonymous
This was my thought. They could turn that into a virtue. |
Anonymous
| UMD doesn't take legacy into account either. |
Anonymous
Many public universities do not. |
Anonymous
IMO it's a way for private elites to "keep it in the family" so to speak. Top companies recruit from these top private colleges. It shuts out the masses and helps them keep it all in the family of elite families. |
Anonymous
| MIT do recruit athletes |
Anonymous
No. they don't but Hopkins does. |