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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]

Funny, because I grew up in Baltimore with a Hopkins prof parent and know a thing or two about Hopkins' history. It was never a school that created the loyal multigenerational legacy cliques you found at the Ivies. Hopkins was founded on the German research university model and the typical students were always like Bloomberg, bright from unconnected families. Old money Baltimore never considered Hopkins one of its own, sending their boys instead to Princeton etc. And Hopkins was also a school where alumni tended to say they'd never send their kids to Hopkins because for most of its history the school had a mediocre reputation for fostering strong undergraduate experiences.

I'm sure there were a few legacies around but Hopkins was losing very little in officially abandoning legacy. However,  Bloomberg's grandkids are getting in one way or another. If they wanted to go to Hopkins, and rich kids generally don't. They never did. [/quote]

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