<p>I see this a lot:
“Berkely” - Berkeley
and also
“John Hopkin” - Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Add your own!</p>
<p>John Hopkins & Berkely are definitely the top 2.</p>
<p>Since I know Pittsburgh is one of the most commonly misspelled city names, I imagine the University of Pittsburgh gets “Pittsburg” much like the city.</p>
<p>Berkeley - “Berkley” or “Berkely” or “CAL” (it’s Cal)
Stanford - “Standford”
Johns Hopkins - “John Hopkins”</p>
<p>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</p>
<p>haha. One of my best friends is headed there, and I still had to google the correct spelling. </p>
<p>The problem names you mentioned aren’t because people have trouble spelling them, but rather because they’re typing quickly on a BB.</p>
<p>Wellsley/Wellesley
Wellsley/Wesleyan
Colombia/Columbia
Clairemont/Claremont
Carlton/Carleton</p>
<p>Brawn/Brown
Yaile/Yale</p>
<p>I’ve never seen anyone spell Stanford that way before… that’s pretty special…</p>
<p>RPI is ridiculous to spell, I think they should give out a minor or certificate just to get the first word right…</p>
<p>^^ Lol. Hanging around third graders?</p>
<p>It’s either RPI or Wellesley.</p>
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<p>I see it all the time–from prospies, CCers, even parents of Stanford students. You have no idea how discouraging it is to have someone ask you, “So how do you get into Standford??? I rly want to know b/c I might want to go there.” :rolleyes:</p>
<p>RPI for sure. Two “Ns” or two “Ss”!</p>
<p>RPI & Bryn Mawr</p>
<p>Rensselaer - I’ve tried to learn how to spell it numerous times. Just now I tried on Google and needed several tries before I could get close enough.</p>
<p>My daughter once considered applying to Bryn Mawr, but I told her she couldn’t attend any school that I couldn’t spell.</p>
<p>^^–^^</p>
<p>Barely missed on Transylvania University?</p>
<p>Swathmore. </p>
<p>(Just because most people don’t pronounce the first r, doesn’t mean it’s not there!)</p>
<p>Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley/Wesleyan definitely come to mind…</p>
<p>Centre College and U of Cincinnati</p>
<p>It must be RPI, at least on a % basis.</p>
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