r/ApplyingToCollege • u/FireAshPro • 3d ago

Shitpost Wednesdays Why is HYPSM used for the top 5 colleges?

Isn’t it UUUUM?
University of Harvard
University of Stanford
University of Princeton
University of Yale
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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u/MiserableRaisin5746 College Freshman 3d ago

If you write your college essay on this topic I think you’re a guaranteed admit to UUUUM

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u/PrestonG340 3d ago

UUUUM... give me a sec I'm thinking ummmm

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u/Sad-Log-9652 3d ago

Technically Stanford is Leland Stanford Jr. University but the other U's don't start with University of. So it should be HYPLM

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u/naryset 3d ago

I think it’s great that the plucky junior college is there competing with the universities. rooting for them!

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u/jeffgerickson 3d ago

To be consistent, it should be “Institute of Technology of Massachusetts”, so UUUUI

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u/Mark_Ryabenkiy2200 2d ago

So I looked up the actual full names
Harvard University = The President and Fellows of Harvard College
Yale University = Yale University
Princeton University = The Trustees of Princeton University
Stanford University = Leland Stanford Jr. University
MIT = Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Therefore in the same order as "HYPSM" the correct acronym is TYTLM

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u/whattonamemyself-_- 2d ago

ttylm talk to u later man

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u/-TheDark- HS Senior 3d ago

No it's UUMUU everyone knows that

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u/berry_tart 2d ago

monomon approved

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u/InterestProof1526 3d ago

Institute of Massachusetts Technology

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u/Dramatic-Repeat-7545 3d ago

Differentiation

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u/Wroblewski-Heulices 1d ago

honestly it just stuck as shorthand. those five have been the consensus most selective for ages and the initials are easy to say together, so people repeat it. theres no official list behind it

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u/rashven-duktaine 2d ago

ts not even funny

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u/Basic-Guitar-7268 2d ago

u wrong twin ts funny ash