| AHF |
Arts and Humanities Foundation |
| ALA |
Advanced Liberal Arts Elective |
| AP |
Advanced Placement |
| ASC |
Academic Standards Committee |
| ARR |
Academic Records and Registrar (commonly referred to as "the Registrar") |
| CCD |
Center for Career Development |
| CGPA |
Cumulative Grade Point Average |
| CVA |
Culture and Values |
| DS |
Disability Services |
| E |
Enrichment (appears on transcript with a grade next to it) |
| EA |
Study Abroad, also known as Education Abroad |
| ECN |
Economics |
| EPS |
Entrepreneurship |
| Fa 13 |
Fall 2013 (as an example) |
| FLA |
Foundation Liberal Arts Elective |
| FME |
Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship |
| FYS |
First Year Seminar |
| GPA |
Grade Point Average |
| HSF |
History and Society Foundation |
| HSS |
History and Social Science Foundation |
| IB |
International Baccalaureate |
| ILA |
Intermediate Liberal Arts Elective |
| LD |
Learning Disability |
| LOA |
Leave of Absence |
| LTP |
Long Term Planning |
| LVA |
Literature and Visual Arts |
| MCE |
Managing in a Competitive Environment |
| MCFE |
Management Consulting and Field Experience |
| MSW |
Mid-Semester Warning |
| OAS |
Office of Academic Services |
| OCCR |
Off-Campus Course Request (dean e-form) |
| OEM |
Organizing for Effective Management |
| Overload |
Taking over 17 credits in a semester |
| PM |
Peer Mentor |
| Portal |
Babson's internal web interface |
| Portlet |
A box/window within Portal |
| RA |
Resident Assistant |
| AD |
Area Director (area directors work directly with the RA staff and students living in their respective halls) |
| RHT |
Rhetoric |
| QTM |
Qualitative Methods |
| SCN |
Science |
| SFS |
Strategies for Success Program |
| SFS |
Student Financial Services |
| Underload |
Taking under 15 credits in a semester |
| WD or W/D |
Withdrawal; can pertain to a course or the college |
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