“Abbreviations (and jargon) on Legalboats:
0L - A law school applicant. This term is derived from the standard law school system whereby first-year students are called "1Ls", second-year students are "2Ls", and third-year students are "3Ls".
AA - Affirmative action
Adcomm - Admission committee/admission committee member
ASD - Admitted Students' Day6
ASW - Admitted Students' Weekend
BC - Boston College
Bibles - PowerScore logic games and logical reasoning study guides;
BP - BluePrint (LSAT prep)
BU - Boston University
CCN - Chicago, Columbia, NYU
CLS - Columbia Law School
Ding - Rejected
EA - Early Action: a non-binding application option. Apply early, and get a decision by a specified date
ED - Early Decision - a binding application option. "If accepted to school X, I will attend.”
E&E - Examples & Explanations. This is a series of primers covering various legal subjects.
Flame - A fake profile, persona, or hypothetical situation designed to mislead, antagonize, or annoy.
FTW - For the win
FWIW - For what it's worth
GMU - George Mason University
GULC - Georgetown
GWU - George Washington University;
HLS - Harvard Law School
HTH - Hope this helps
HYP - Harvard, Yale, Princeton (undergrad).
HYS - Harvard, Yale, Stanford
IIRC - If I recall correctly
IMHO - In my humble/honest opinion
IMO - In my opinion
IP - Intellectual property.
IRL - In real life
LB -Legalboats(this site)
LG - Logic games
LOCI - Letter of continued interest
LOR - Letter of recommendation
LR - Logical reasoning
LSD - Law School Discussion (another message board)
LSN - LawSchoolNumbers.com
NYLS - New York Law School
OCI - On-Campus Interview
OP - Original Poster
PI - Public interest
PM - Private message (noun) or Send/sent a Private Message to
PS - Personal statement or PowerScore (LSAT prep)
RC - Reading comprehension.
SLS - Stanford Law School3 T)
TL;DR - Too Long, Didn't Read
T1 - Tier one schools according to USNWR (1-50)
T2 - Tier 2 (50-104)
T3 - Tier 3 (105-139)
T4 - Tier 4 (the rest)
T5 - Top 5
T14 - The top 14 schools
TITCR - This is the credited/correct response
TM - TestMasters (LSAT prep)
Troll - Someone's whose sole intent is to irritate or annoy
TTT - Third tier toilet, derogatory reference to 3rd and 4th tier schools
UCB - University of California, Berkeley
UG - Undergrad
UofC - University of Chicago
URM - Under-represented minority
USNWR - US News and World Report's Law School Rankings
V10/V100 - The top n firms, as ranked by Vault
W&L - Washington and Lee
W&M - William and Mary
WL - Waitlist/Waitlisted
WS - Writing sample
WUSTL - Washington University in St Louis
YLS - Yale Law School
YP - Yield protect
I figured I'd create a list so newcomers know what we're talking about and a whole thread isn't created for each abbreviation question someone has.
If anyone has any other suggestions, feel free to post and I'll add them to the list.
ASW - Admitted Students' Weekend
ITT - In This Thread
TTT - Tier Three Toilet
TITCR - This Is The Credited Response
NAI - Noted and Ignored (and Uzu and Slash original): |
T14 - Top 14 Law Schools (from Yale to Georgetown inclusive)
DNFTT - Do Not Feed The Troll (doctorgonzo taught me this one)
I know there are a lot more, but that's what came to mind immediately."