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Rumor was that Mike Bloomberg leaned hard into getting Hopkins to abolishing legacy.

From my own experience over a decade ago, there were lots of kids of means and boarding school brats in Krieger A&S who didn't belong there. But their family had gone to Hopkins for multiple generations and the kid was the heir to some dynasty that invented the zipper. Nonsense like that.

And, frankly, with the rise of mega-donors in the billionaire class and 10-figure endowments, these big name universities are no longer as reliant on the blue bloods or inherited wealth trading on their family name.[/quote]

Maybe so, but as an alum. I have no inclination to donate to Hopkins since they dropped the legacy preference.  Fortunately for them, Bloomberg is willing to be very generous.[/quote]

My husband has donated something every year and now our kids are of age and the president is running his mouth and hating on alum.  I told him years ago to stop donating.[/quote]

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