Abbreviations used on this site

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<p>Help, I am relatively new to this site. I’ve noticed a lot of abbreviations being used here and I’d love for you all to define some of them for me. I’ll see someone refer to their DS, or DS1 - I get the gist of it, but what does the abbreviation stand for? Any others you can define would be welcome.</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>DS stands for dear son. DD is dear daughter. A number after tells us if it is the eldest son, the 2nd son, and so on.</p>

<p>sometimes the first d can stand for something besides dear if we are frustrated with that person. (use your imagination for another d word).</p>

<p>I think there is a sticky note somewhere with abbreviations. DH is hear husband and DW is dear wife.</p>

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<p>Thanks. My military oriented self kept coming up with Dependent Son and Dependent Daughter, but that didn’t seem right for this forum. Though technically it’s probably correct :). So here’s another one: HYP</p>

<p>This site isn’t the easiest to use, so I looked for some place that explained abbreviations, but couldn’t find one.</p>

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<p>Here’s the “Abbreviations” thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/52585-abbreviation-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/52585-abbreviation-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It’s the fifth “stickied” thread from the top, on page one of the Parents Forum.</p>

<p>H=Harvard
Y=Yale
P= Princeton</p>

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<p>Harvard-Yale-Princeton.
Sometimes: HYPS, or Harvard-Yale-Princeton-Stanford.
Sometimes: HYPSM, or Harvard-Yale-Princeton-Stanford-MIT.</p>

<p>The grouping is often usedto refer to those particular schools in admissions, and is sometimes used in the general sense to refer to elite, super-selective schools.</p>

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<p>Yes, just saw the “stickied thread” thanks!</p>