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'''Acronyms''', not be confused with [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=initialism initialism], are indispensable to understanding the workings of the university. Students interested in working with or fighting the [[administration]], joining a [[student groups|student group]], running for [[student government]], or engaging in [[tenacious bureaucratic wrangling]] will undoubtedly encounter acronyms using all twenty-six letters of the alphabet!
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This page is a '''list of acronyms for prefrosh''' to learn.
  
If there's one thing Columbia has a lot of, it's [[:Category:Administration|bureaucracy]]. It also has lots of acronyms. There are enough acronyms at Columbia to make you dizzy. This is a primer. Most of the below are actually examples of initialism, but if you notice that you're either mispronouncing something or you're a pedant. Don't worry, pedantry is cool.
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== The essential list ==
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* '''[[BC]]''' - [[Barnard College]] (not Boston College)
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* '''[[CAA]]''' - [[Columbia Alumni Association]]
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* '''[[CC]]''' - [[Contemporary Civilization]] or [[Columbia College]] (not Community College)
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* '''[[CCE]]''' - [[Center for Career Education]]
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* '''[[CCSC]]''' - [[Columbia College Student Council]]
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* '''[[CEPSR]]''' - [[CEPSR|Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research]]
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* '''[[CI]]''' - [[Community Impact]]
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* '''[[CPS]]''' - [[Counseling and Psychological Services]]
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* '''[[CTV]]''' - [[Columbia Television]]
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* '''[[CUIT]]''' - [[Columbia University Information Technology]] (formerly AcIS (Academic Information Services) and AIS Administrative Information Services)
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* '''[[CULPA]]''' - [[Columbia Underground Listing of Professor Ability]]
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* '''[[CUMB]]''' - [[Columbia University Marching Band]]
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* '''[[E3B]]''' - [[Department of Evolution, Ecology and Environmental Biology]]
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* '''[[ESC]]''' - [[Engineering Student Council]] (Not the 'Escape' button on your keyboard)
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* '''[[GS]]''' - [[School of General Studies]]
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* '''[[GSSC]]''' - [[General Studies Student Council]]
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* '''[[IRC]]''' - [[Intercultural Resource Center]]
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* '''[[LDEO]]''' - [[Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]]
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* '''[[NSOP]]''' - [[New Student Orientation Program]]
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* '''[[OMA]]''' - [[Office of Multicultural Affairs]]
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* '''[[RA]]''' - [[Resident Adviser]] or [[Research Assistant]]
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* '''[[SEAS]]''' - [[School of Engineering and Applied Science]]
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* '''[[SGA]]''' - [[Student Government Association]] (Barnard Student Council)
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* '''[[SGB]]''' - [[Student Governing Board]]
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* '''[[SSOL]]''' - [[Student Services Online]]
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* '''[[TA]]''' - [[Teaching Assistant]], not to be confused with T''&''A
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* '''[[UNDED]]''' - [[UNDED|Undergraduate Education Committee]], the advising board of the [[History Department]]
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* '''[[UW]]''' - [[University Writing]] or [[Unofficial Withdrawal]]
  
* '''ABC''' - [[Activities Board at Columbia]]
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[[Category:Prefrosh]]
* '''BC''' - [[Barnard College]] (not Boston College)
 
* '''CAA''' - [[Columbia Alumni Association]]
 
* '''CC''' - [[Contemporary Civilization]] or [[Columbia College]] (not Community College)
 
* '''CCE''' - [[Center for Career Education]]
 
* '''CCSC''' - [[Columbia College Student Council]]
 
* '''CEPSR''' - [[CEPSR|Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research]]
 
* '''CI''' - [[Community Impact]]
 
* '''CLS''' - [[Columbia Law School]]
 
* '''CPS''' - [[Counseling and Psychological Services]]
 
* '''CSMESS''' - [[Columbia Science, Math and Engineering Secondary School]]
 
* '''CTV''' - [[Columbia Television]]
 
* '''CUIT''' - [[Columbia University Information Technology]] (formerly AcIS (Academic Information Services) and AIS Administrative Information Services)
 
* '''CULPA''' - [[Columbia Underground Listing of Professor Ability]]
 
* '''CUMB''' - [[Columbia University Marching Band]]
 
* '''E3B''' - Department of Evolution, Ecology and Environmental Biology
 
* '''ESC''' - [[Engineering Student Council]] (Not the 'Escape' button on your keyboard)
 
* '''FYSAAC''' - [[First Year-Sophomore Academic Advising Center]]
 
* '''GS''' - [[School of General Studies]]
 
* '''GSSC''' - [[General Studies Student Council]]
 
* '''IRC''' - Intercultural Resource Center
 
* '''JSAC''' - [[Junior-Senior Advising Center]]
 
* '''LDEO''' - [[Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]]
 
* '''NSOP''' - [[New Student Orientation Program]]
 
* '''OMA''' - [[Office of Multicultural Affairs]]
 
* '''RA''' - [[Resident Adviser]] or [[Research Assistant]]
 
* '''SDA''' - [[Student Development and Activities]]
 
* '''SEAS''' - [[School of Engineering and Applied Science]]
 
* '''SGA''' - [[Student Government Association]] (Barnard Student Council)
 
* '''SGB''' - [[Student Governing Board]]
 
* '''SSOL''' - [[Student Services Online]]
 
* '''TA''' - [[Teaching Assistant]], not to be confused with T''&''A
 
* '''UNDED''' - [[UNDED|Undergraduate Education Committee]], the advising board of the [[History Department]]
 
* '''URH''' - University Residence Halls, now known as [[Housing Services]]
 
* '''UW''' - [[University Writing]] or [[Unofficial Withdrawal]]
 
 
 
[[Category:References]]
 

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