Official College Confidential Glossary

Applying to College
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<p>I feel like this will be a good thing not only for newcomers, but just in general to make sure we are on the same page. I’ll try to get it started</p>

<p>HYPSM - Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT
SWAP - Swarthmore, Williams, Amherst, Pomona</p>

<p>Keep it going…</p>

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<p>THANK YOU. I was just about to ask what the heck HYP meant.</p>

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<p>urm–underrepresented minority</p>

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<p>These are probably pretty obvious and/or already known, but you never know. :p</p>

<p>RD – Regular Decision
EA – Early Action (non-binding)
ED – Early Decision (binding)
OOS – Out of state</p>

<p>That’s all I have for now…</p>

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<p>A pretty thorough abbreviation thread has already been posted:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=52585[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=52585&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>wow…i never knew BUMP stood for bring up my post…i just assumed it was…you know…BUMP</p>

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<p>S-Son
D-Daughter
:)</p>