Abbreviation Thread

[celebrian25]

yes, even if you say MiamiU, most assume florida, not oxford, ohio. I usually just type Miami (OH)

[texastaximom]

Unless your from these parts Ohio Mom. Then it's Oklahoma State and Oklahoma University.

[jym626]

Total change of subject, and I don't mean to hijack the thread, but did you hear about the awful fire at Miamo of Ohio this weekend? It was in one of the little houses on the edge of campus that are rented by students who want to live off campus. Three students were killed-- 2 girls and a guy, I believe. How tragic.

[TutuTaxi]

Which specific schools are included in the term "the Ivies"?

[celebrian25]

ivies usually means only the ivies (brown, dartmouth, columbia, upenn, yale, princeton, harvard, cornell)

[dadofsam]

Technically speaking "The Ivies" are the eight members of the Ivy League, an athletic conference.
In alphabetical order: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn (UPenn), Princeton, Yale.

[ohio_mom]

Eek - sorry for my horrible social faux paux - apologies to Oklahoma!

[jym626]

and is USC for So. California or South Carolina??

[celebrian25]

on here USC always means university of southern california, and I don't think U. South Carolina is mentioned enough in real life or on cc for it to be a big issue.

On the OSU issue, I've called it OSU and had many people think I was talking about either Oregon or Ohklahoma, so I now just call it ohio state

[texastaximom]

No faux pas ohio, it's a regional thang. Kind of like UT being Tennessee or Texas.

[DrDrewsmom]

BWRK - Bright, well-rounded kid

Oh, thanks for that one....I was wondering what the heck that meant.

BTW, I've seen the initials AI and tried to do a search to find out how to come up with a score. I have a vague idea what it means, but it wouldn't come up on my searches

Anyone???

[celebrian25]

Admissions Index

[carolyn]

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

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

Board related Abbreviations
CC College Confidential
Cur The poster curmudgeon

[celebrian25]

cc- can also mean community college

[overanxious mother]

THANK YOU!!!!!!

This is the best thread ever!!!!

Most of the abbreviations I figured out after a few posts...but DS and DD were baffling me...I'll sleep better tonight!