As I've commented previously, this silly attempt to save pixels and a few key strokes on the part of the writer leads to consternation and frustration in wasting time searching the internet to come up with obscure acronyms on the part of the reader. In this case: HYP stands for Harvard, Yale, Princeton. I had to look it up, also, and my dad was a member of the local HYP Club for a short time.

However, the practice will not stop. For whatever reasons people love to use acronyms! So take this comment as humor, entertainment or as one more foible of human behavior (mine and others).

I too had to look it up, but have also found myself abbreviating, losing punctuation, and using acronyms to get the subject/thought into the subject line.

My recommendation for compromise - Acronyms for Dummies.
Perhaps if the poster's first line in the body of the post was:
HYP = Harvard, Yale, Princeton

I would suggest this for all posters using acronyms.

(I do know that SMA,P = Suck My Ass, Pat ..... I think the whole story for the evolution of this acronym is in the archives)

..I remember most stylebooks would recommend doing exactly that for well-known acronyms, nicknames, etc., unless the person is very well known by the target group; say MM here. Although now that Muffet is retired, does Michaela Mabrey become MM? Or does she stay Mike? Or Mabrey1?

credentialed. By comparison, if half of Bethel College's students don't want to come back, the institution is no longer viable.

I have seen some schools mention not honoring admittance if a so called gap year is taken between high school and college. Not sure if that would apply to current students, but the top Universities would have the leverage here.

G17 mentioned in her Common App, submitted in the fall, that she would be taking a gap year (we are in Europe, and that is a common thing here). She will be completing a ski instructor course this summer, and will spend the winter working at a ski center and most likely working as an assistant coach for her former ski team.

If her chosen school pushes back in favor of kids who opted out recently, she's not going to be happy. I won't be surprised if she ends up reopening the application process and staying in Europe.