Talk like a CC-er

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<p>lower Ivies, middle Ivies
IB (investment banking) target schools; full IB (international baccalaureate)
2nd tier LACs
top flagships,the UCs, “directional” schools, commuter/suitcase schools
Pton, Vandy, Swat, Midd, Mac, Dook, W&M,W&L,F&M,***, ROTFL
big Greek scene, D1 sports, laid back hippie vibe
quirky kids; passionless, parent-pleasing robots
popped collars
Vals and Sals
the “Emma effect” at Brown
true admission and financial safeties
the adcoms, the GC, my DD
LORs
holistic v. numbers-driven admissions; class crafting; category admits
hooks, anti-hooks, development admits, “story” kids
geographical and class penetration in the NESCAC applicant pool
OOS tuition, 529 money, good merit, FAFSA,CSS,non-custodial PROFILE
CDS, IPEDS, NRC-95, USNWR’s PA scores, Revealed Preference</p>

<p>n.b.: tone as well as word-choice is important if you want to talk convincingly like a CC’er. A certain knowingly dismissive attitude lends an air of authority, as in:
the WSJ’s flawed ‘feeder school’ study OR that execrable WSJ ‘feeder school’ study
the hopelessly outdated NRC-95 departmental rankings</p>

<p>Don’t get carried away with this, though. Showing occasional, nuanced flashes of empathy is like putting in your community service hours on this board. Here for example is the correct tone to adopt in talking a newbie down off the ledge in a “chance me” thread:
Your 2220 SAT superscore is perfectly respectable and hardly embarrassing
or
Granted, your stats place you in the lower 25th percentile at even the lower Ivies (just sayin’) but as a URM from a geographically underrepresented area you may have a shot at Cornell </p>

<p>Finally, avoid humiliating errors by making sure you understand what acronyms mean before you use them or respond knowingly to someone who uses them. In the context of the preceding exchange with a URM, for example, “AA” ordinarily does not mean “Alcoholics Anonymous”.</p>

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<p>tk21769, your two posts 31 and 41 are two of the funniest posts I’ve read all year. Srsly.</p>

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<p>^, ^^; Lolz! (emoticon)</p>

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<p>If you think you have one clue about what your high school or college student does behind a parent’s back, you’re a clueless moron with your head in the sand who could be sold a piece of swampland.</p>

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<p>^SO glad we have YOU to tell us how moronic we are!! I thought I was going to have to trust a 17 year relationship, but now I have you!</p>

<p>So…where’s the property, and where do I send the check?</p>

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<p>Correlation is not causation
A few anecdotes do not make a trend</p>

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<p>I “FIVED” all my AP’s
I '800" my SAT II’s</p>

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<p>Columbiastudent–or, in mini talk, the plural of anecdote is not evidence.</p>

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<p>OT–off topic.</p>

<p>As an example, OT–every time I read this thread title, I hear it to the tune of “Walk Like an Egyptian”. (which the OP–another CC term-- probably meant me to do.)</p>

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<p>Off topic : what does (10 char) mean at the end of various short posts ?</p>

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<p>you have to have at least 10 characters to make a post. If you only posted the word ‘no’ and then hit “submit reply” it would tell you your post was too short. So you can say “no” and then (10 char) and you would have enough.</p>

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<p>^Thank you. Now I can sleep better having one of my life’s mysteries solved. :)</p>

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<p>“just splashed coffee all over my keyboard” = a compliment</p>

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<p>LOL shrinkrap, tk21769 and munchkin. CC speak also includes use of ^^^^^s which rarely get used elsewhere.</p>

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<p>I don’t know why people use “10 char” It’s a lot easier to just push the space bar a few times and then type a period.</p>

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<p>I would like some clarifications as to what the “^” refers to. To me, if it’s one “^”, it the post above you, if it’s “^^”, it’s 2 posts above you. Is this correct? I often see “^^^^^” to refer to the post above. Is there a concencus on the number of “^”?</p>

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<p>Hmmm, never thought the number of ^^^^^s meant anything…</p>

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<p>I’m with Coureur and others.
“Amazing” (pronounced amaaaaaazing) only to be outdone by the “most amaaaazing”.</p>

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<p>It is what it is</p>

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<p>Great thread!</p>

<p>I admit to using a lot of CC-speak, and most people have no idea.</p>

<p>Last year S read some threads (but never posted) on CC (I told him to read some of them). I used the jargon around him, too. </p>

<p>When he had a scholarship interview and was asked where else he was applying, he said to some small LACs. “What’s an ‘LAC’?” asked one of the faculty interviewers. Oops! (S did go on to win the biggest scholarship at the school, which is a full ride.)</p>