<p>@knightcub You wrote “The University of Colorado is not UC, U of C, U anything. It is CU.”</p>
<p>Yes, and University of Chicago is “U of C,” while University of Cincinnati is “UC.”</p>
<p>Quininpiac…oops</p>
<p>I’ve seen a few people wanting to go to Colombia University. </p>
<p>Which, of course, is not to be confused with Columbia College in Chicago. (BTW/ my son mistakenly had test scores sent to Illinois-Chicago, UIC, when they were supposed to go to U of C.)</p>
<p>On CC, I’ve seen Ivy League schools referred to as IV, as if it was a Roman numeral.</p>
<p>RPI…no question. For a while, the auto correct didn’t even get it right. Most folks don’t bother…they write…RPI.</p>
<p>The admissions officer mentioned when she spoke at our school that a large portion of the kids applying don’t get it (RPI) right. You’d think they’d double check!</p>
<p>“RPI…no question”</p>
<p>I live right across the river and I still can’t spell Rensselaer without googling. It is also the name of a town and the name of the county. </p>
<p>I went to CU and UofC. Not hard to know which is which. 
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<p>Quinnipiac University?</p>
<p>Berkeley </p>
<p>too many leave out the second E</p>
<p>Oh, and Stanford …some put a D in after the N.</p>
<p>“Why are schools like Univ of Colorado called “CU”? Same thing with Kansas and KU??? It makes no sense to me.”</p>
<p>Here is what I found: <a href=“http://cuheritage.org/collections/cu-history/cu-vs-uc/”>http://cuheritage.org/collections/cu-history/cu-vs-uc/</a></p>
<p>Ah hah, it’s a Midwestern /plains state thing; CU, KU, TU (U of Tulsa) and OU. Too much corn and gluten in their diets.</p>
<p>It’s Sewanee:The University of the South, commonly shortened to just Sewanee. But never Suwanee. Auto correct is calling me out on Sewanee but not Suwanee. No wonder it’s constantly misspelled.</p>
<p>“Swathmore.” (It’s Swarthmore.) As for the “proper” pronunciation, who knows? :)</p>