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F&A | Facilities and Administrative (Rate) — formerly the "indirect cost rate" |
FAC | Freshman Advisory Council |
FACT | Families Accessing Computer Technology |
FAFSA | Free Application for Federal Student Aid |
FAP | Forum on American Progress |
F/ASIP | Freshman/Alumni Summer Internship Program |
F.A.T. | Friday After Thanksgiving, an educational program sponsored by and at the MIT Museum |
FBNML | Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory |
FCLS | Faculty Committee on the Library System |
FDP | Federal Demonstration Partnership |
FDRL | Fluid Dynamics Research Laboratory (Old name. See ACDL.) |
FEE | Freshman Essay Evaluation |
Fenway | Fenway House |
FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
FFRDC | Federally Funded Research and Development Center |
$50K | MIT''s $50K Entrepreneurship Competition |
Fiji | Phi Gamma Delta (no longer exists at MIT) |
FinBoard | (Undergraduate Association) Finance Board |
5ESS | Institute's main telephone system |
FIPG | Fraternity Insurance Purchasing Group |
FIRE | Foundation for Individual Rights in Education |
FIRST | For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, a non-profit organization established by inventor Dean Kamen |
Fishbowl | A workstation cluster of Project Athena |
FIXIT | Telephone number of Department of Facilities' Work Control Center |
FJE | Festival Jazz Ensemble |
Flame | To speak obnoxiously and/or at great length |
FL&L | MIT's Foreign Languages and Literatures |
FLOWLAB | Laboratory for Ship and Platform Flows |
FLP | Freshman Leadership Program |
FNL | Faculty Newsletter |
FO | Fiscal Officer |
FPC | Faculty Policy Committee |
FPOP | Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs |
FRADS | Foundation Relations and Academic Development, Office of |
FSEP | Faculty Student Exchange Program |
FSILG | Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups |
FSS | Financial Systems Services |
FTE | Full-Time Equivalent |
FTL | Flight Transportation Laboratory |
FTO | Financial Technology Option, a certificate program for Ph.D. students in engineering and science |
FRAP | Flexible Reimbursement Account Plan |
FRC | Family Resource Center (old name). As of February 2002, it's called the MIT Center for Work, Family & Personal Life. |
FRC | Financial Review and Control |
FUP | Freshman Urban Program |
FX | (The MIT Student) Furniture Exchange, run by the Women's League |
FYE | (Enhancing the) First-Year Experience at MIT |