<p>Ok, i just felt I had to do this thread as it seemed there was no post like this. Occured to me, that when everyone is talking in jargon and abbreviation I end up having to ask what they mean, and it's started to get slightly embarrasing. So here we go, I'll start with a few that I've found:</p>
<p>HMS- Harvard Medical School
U Penn(I acutally knew this one) University of Pennsylvania
EMR I think stands for ethnic minorities
Curvaceous(who came up with this one? what on earth does it have to do with anything?)Apparently it mean that on the SAT it's a Subj Test that enables you to make more mistakes but lose less points </p>
<p>These are only few but I know there is more.<br>
Any help would be appreciated thank you!!!!</p>
<p>LAC - liberal arts college
HYP - Harvard/Yale/Princeton
HYPS - Harvard/Yale/Princeton/Stanford
HYPSM - Harvard/Yale/Princeton/Stanford/MIT
HYPSMC - add Caltech
HBCU-historically black colleges/universities
ROFLOL - rolling on the floor/laughing out loud
AWS - Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore meaning specifically those three or a stand-in for most selective LACS
ED-Early Decision (binding)
ED1, ED2 - two different deadlines for schools which have them; usually around Nov 1 for ED1, Jan _ for ED2
EA-Early Action (non-binding)
SCEA-Single Choice Early Action (non-binding but can apply to only one early school)
FAFSA-Free Application for Federal Student Aid (I think) - the form you need to fill out for aid at very many colleges/univs
CSS Profile - the form you need to fill out for aid at some colleges/univs (often in addition to FAFSA)
URM-under-represented minority
ADCOM- Admissions Committee
BWRK - Bright, well-rounded kid
YMMV = your mileage may vary
NTTAWWT = not that there's anything wrong with that
JK- Just kidding
NMF- National Merit Finalist
NMSF -National Merit Semifinalist
IMO- In my opinion
FWIW -For what its worth
PLOS - Parent looking over shoulder
BTW - by the way
BUMP - bring up my post
D - Daughter
S - Son
DD / DS - Dear or Darling Daughter/Son
DH or DW (darling husband/wife)
ID - Interim decision (term used by some schools instead of Early Action)
IMNSHO - in my not so humble opinion
SIL/BIL - Sister/Brother in Law
EFC - Estimated Family Contribution
CSU- California State university system
CUNY- City University of New York system
SUNY- State University of New York system</p>
<p>UNC - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
U of C - University of Chicago
SU - Syracuse University (but also Seattle U)
USD - University of San Diego (but also University of South Dakota)
CMU - Carnegie Mellon U
NYU - New York U
SMU - Southern Methodist U
UCB - University of California, Berkleley, also known as "Cal"
UCLA - University of Calif, Los Angeles
UCR - University of Calif, Riverside
UCSD - University of Calif. San Diego
UCSB - University of Calif, Santa Barbara
UCSC - University of California, Santa Cruz
UCD - University of California, Davis
UCM - University of California Merced (opening next year)
SDSU - San Diego State University</p>
<p>Admissions related terms:
Stats - a student's GPA, test scores, curriculum and extracurriculars
ACT - an alternative to the SAT
SAT - the big brown cat SAT on the little grey mouse (sorry, the College Board is on my crap list this week)
GC - guidance counselor
RD - Regular decision</p>
<p>Board related Abbreviations
CC College Confidential</p>
<p>OP - original post(er)
OT = off topic
AA = Affirmative Action
ECs = extracurricular activities
OMG = Oh my God!
LOL= Laugh out loud
<em>pithy remark</em>= narrative voice, usually sarcastic
::something slugg:: = cyber hugs etc., usually from poster sluggbugg
ROFLMAOPMP Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off pi$$ing my pants</p>
<p>That's such a thorough list I can only add a few more.</p>
<p>FA-Financial aid
IMHO-In my humble opinion
IFSAA-International Student Financial Aid Application
MIT-Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Legacy-An applicant to a college whose parent/s also attended that college</p>
<p>What does HPME stand for?
UMASS, I guess stands for University of Massachussetts?
Which Uni is UCI?, I mean I guess it stand for University of California, I.....
USC ECE- ?
Cal EECS - ?</p>
<p>UMass stands for University of Massachussetts, but when people write UMass they are normally talking about the main campus at Amherst (unless specificied otherwise).</p>
<p>UCI - University of California, Irvine
USC - University of Southern California
Cal - University of California, Berkeley
EECS - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
ECE - Electrical and Computer (or Communications) Engineering</p>
<p>Little Three = Amherst, Wesleyan, Williams
Mod or Mods -- the forum moderators. AKA "Big Brother."
AKA -- also known as
CAS = college of arts and sciences
idk = I don't know
SN= screen name
TTFN -tata for now
WUSTL - Washington U - St. Louis
BRB- Be right back
plme-Program in Liberal Medical Education(offered by Brown)
The Seven Sisters(previously all girls schools, most of the co ed now): Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Wellesley, Sarah Lawrence, Bryn Mawr, Vassar, and Connecticut College.
RSI = Research Science Institute at MIT</p>
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The Seven Sisters(previously all girls schools, most of the co ed now): Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Wellesley, Sarah Lawrence, Bryn Mawr, Vassar, and Connecticut College.
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Not quite. The Seven Sisters are Wellesley, Smith, Mt Holyoke, Bryn Mawr, Vassar, Barnard and Radcliffe. And all except for Vassar and Radcliffe are still women's colleges.</p>
<p>Radcliffe was basically the women's extension to Harvard (rather like Barnard and Columbia). If memory serves right, it was absorbed into Harvard -- some of the humanities departments are still technically under 'Radcliffe', IIRC.</p>