<p>^^</p>
<p>LOL! Spoken as a 52 year old mother. I believe it’s more the current generation that set the pace for abbreviations through wide spread use of texting.</p>
<p>After reading some of the student angst here regarding the process that USC uses to notify students (noting that they could choose just to be silent) I’m rather glad that my S was blissfully unaware of what was happening until he got the letter indicating he wasn’t in the top 5%. He just read it … and moved right on, knowing his application is firmly still in the mix for an acceptance.</p>