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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 |