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Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Re: Useful Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   07 Feb 2008, 04:03
I think this thread is not exactly fits your question but anyway
first of all it depends on your knowledge and which stage you are at
second it depends on your type of learning, if your are fast learning type of people this forum will help you very much otherwise one month is not enough (IMO)
how long time past since you graduated from high school and college graduation?
Last point I think is which country you are from or where you get your education, if you are native speaker(english) it might be enough time however if you are international student with not strong command of language you better to get more time
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Re: Useful Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   08 Apr 2008, 06:41
What about ROI? I've been seeing that and it's not on here...
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   18 Feb 2009, 11:14
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Bump - this thread has been updated.
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2009, 18:41
what does GSB stand for? does it refer to stanford graduate school of business?
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2009, 18:58
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what does GSB stand for? does it refer to stanford graduate school of business?


Stanford and Chicago used GSB at the end to distinguish their Business schools. (Graduate School of Business)

Chicago GSB is now Booth, so Stanford is the only GSB I am aware of at the moment.
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   06 Nov 2009, 12:58
when people are talking about the schools they were looking into, what does the word "DING" mean?
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   06 Nov 2009, 13:06
ding = rejected. usually people will post ding without interview, or just ding. i dont think it stands for anything, except maybe the sound a bell makes.
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   06 Nov 2009, 22:22
Thanks for your help shadowsjc, here is another "OMG what a newbie" question?
Can someone help me fully understand this whole thing about the application rounds? I keep seeing people talk about R1 and R2 and I have no idea why?
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2009, 09:50
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R1, R2, etc., refer to the deadlines for specific schools. the general consensus is that applying before the school's first deadline (R1) offers the best chance of getting in, although that's not so clear to me any more. i do think you get the best chances to get $$$ from schools by applying before the first deadline. most schools have 3 deadlines... applying R3 at these schools is generally not recommended, as most of the spots will have been filled up by then.
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   20 Mar 2011, 00:16
thank you for this post, I am not really text savvy and this post is very helpful to me...
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   31 Mar 2011, 12:14
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While these are not directly related to the GMAT, these are some acronyms that I have seen on here before. So, if I may, I would like to add a few:

  • HSW - Harvard/Stanford/Wharton
  • MBB - McKinsey, BCG, Bain
  • MC - Management Consulting
  • PE - Private Equity
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   31 Mar 2011, 12:27
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Thank you plb for providing them in a nice format with bullets. I have updated the list.
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   02 Apr 2011, 18:26
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A few more that are probably worth adding:

IB - Investment Banking

M7 - Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Booth, Kellogg, Sloan, Columbia

HSW - Harvard, Stanford, Wharton

$$$ - Full waiver (funding), $$ - Half or decent fee waiver, $ - Small scholarship (Not sure but this is how I interpret)

EC - Extra Curricular

I can't think of anything else at this time.
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   03 Apr 2011, 08:38
thanks! was looking for something like this... :-)
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   11 Feb 2012, 17:16
Another great post! I was so lost initially but this really helped clear things up.
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   14 Nov 2016, 21:37
In the profile of most members, there's a school list with W, D, M, I, II etc. I know a few (Waitlisted, Matriculating for e.g.) but what do the others mean?
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   08 Apr 2018, 15:30
Hi, could someone let me know what the abbreviations in parentheses next to schools in users' profile snapshots mean? As an example - School name (D), School name (S), School name (M) etc.

I know (D) is for ding and (A) is for accepted; don't know about the rest
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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   08 Apr 2018, 17:50
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S - Submitted Application
I - Interviewed
II - Invited to Interview
WL - Waitlisted
M - Matriculated

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Re: Official List of GMAT Club Acronyms and Abbreviations [#permalink] New post   27 Dec 2020, 00:20
What are the meanings of WD, A$ on the status of the schools which appears on a person's profile
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