MIT uses numerous acronyms for various offices and programs. What are some of the key ones I should know as a first-year student?
MIT uses numerous acronyms for various offices and programs. What are some of the key ones I should know as a first-year student?
- ASA: Association of Student Activities
- ASE: Advanced Standing Exams
- ATHENA: A campus-wide, networked computing environment that grew out of the original Project Athena.
- ATIC: Assistive Technology Information Center
- CAP: Committee on Academic Performance
- CAPD: Career Advising & Professional Development
- DAS: Disability and Access Services
- DSL: Division of Student Life
- FLI@MIT: Programming and Events designed for students who are first generation and/or from low income backgrounds. Read more
- FYLE: First Year Leadership Experience – one of the various First-Year Pre-Orientation Programs
- ISO: International Students Office
- OEL: Office of Experiential Learning
- OFY: Office of the First Year: your home department for your first year
- OME: Office of Minority Education
- OVC: Office of the Vice Chancellor
- SFS: Student Financial Services
- S^3: Student Support Services
- VPR: Violence Prevention & Response