Can I abbreviate New York City to NYC for some work and activity descriptions to save characters?

[PreMedStudent55555]

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I will be applying to a lot of out of state schools and was wondering if it is safe to assume that people know that NYC will stand for New York City. I want to abbreviate due to character count. Is it a safe bet to use NYC or will some people be potentially confused? Probably a very stupid question but I want to be on the safe side.

@Catalystik

 

[907914]

I will be applying to a lot of out of state schools and was wondering if it is safe to assume that people know that NYC will stand for New York City. I want to abbreviate due to character count. Is it a safe bet to use NYC or will some people be potentially confused? Probably a very stupid question but I want to be on the safe side.

@Catalystik

Nope. We non-new yorkers would take offense at your assumption. I would probably think it means Neat young cactus.

Yes, NYC is a fine abbreviation if you genuinely need the 15 characters.

 

[TheBiologist]

fitting username

 

[Catalystik]

I will be applying to a lot of out of state schools and was wondering if it is safe to assume that people know that NYC will stand for New York City. I want to abbreviate due to character count. Is it a safe bet to use NYC or will some people be potentially confused? Probably a very stupid question but I want to be on the safe side.

@Catalystik

Yes, it's safe to use NYC without spelling it out first. Though it could also stand for No You Can't, I expect the context will make your meaning clear. And few adcomms that I know would be familiar with "text-speak," anyway.

 

[WedgeDawg]

You good

 

[Disciple of Sattar]

I got away with abbreviating entire sentences to really make the best use of my limited characters. For example, my previous sentence would have been written as "IGAWAESTRMTBUOMLC."