Quick Question - Undergrad Abbreviation?

Milo42 · November 30, 2011, 9:52pm

I went to UC Santa Barbara.

The opening line of my sentence mentions the school. “I entered [school name] with my major undeclared.”

So which of the following should I open with:

I entered the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) with my major undeclared.
I entered UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) with my major undeclared.

Thanks!

bk1 · November 30, 2011, 9:58pm

The second flows better by far and they will know what you mean when you say “UC Santa Barbara.”

20130312 · November 30, 2011, 10:01pm

I’d think UC is fine. I abbreviated my school’s name similarly.

Milo42 · November 30, 2011, 10:05pm

Thanks, I appreciate it!

system · December 5, 2011, 12:47am

Just in case, I would go the first. Its a grammatical rule to write out the whole name before abbreviating. Though I’m sure admissions will understand what UC means, I wouldn’t take the chance

gogogadgetlaw · December 5, 2011, 6:29pm

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system · December 6, 2011, 3:39am

+1

bernaldiaz · December 6, 2011, 3:41am

I would definitely spell out the entire name first before you abbreviate it. It can’t hurt. Why break a grammatical rule if you don’t have to? Just in case the adcon is particularly nit-picky.