1Ys: One-year MBA students

2Ys: Two-year MBA students

MMMs (“Triple-Ms”): Joint Kellogg + McCormick Engineering students

MBAi: Kellogg’s business intelligence MBA

M7: The “Magnificent Seven” elite business-school club (Kellogg is one of them)

Sponsored Student: Sponsored by—and returning to—their pre-Kellogg employer

Core Classes: Your required foundational courses

Asset Practicum: Hands-on endowment-management sequence

DECS (Decision Sciences; formerly “Statistics”)

STATA: The stats software you learn in DECS

KLINCOM: Kellogg’s custom STATA function

DDD: Digital Design & Development (MMM elective)

GIM (Global Initiatives in Management): Winter term international-markets course + trip

MORS: Pre-term leadership & decision-making module

Case: Classroom method where you analyze and “make up” business scenarios

Discounted Cash Flow (DCF): Finance staple—today’s money > tomorrow’s money

Pizza Pazza: Iconic Kellogg ops case—Chicago vs. New York pizza

CIM (Culture Is Made/Complete Immersion in Management): Welcome-week camp

DAK (Day At Kellogg): Three-day admitted-student immersion

KWEST: First-year international-trip kickoff

Kwesties: Your KWEST trip buddies

CMC (Career Management Center)

CMS (Career Management System)

Coffee Chat: Informal 1:1 career conversations with 2Ys

Interview Prep Group (IPG): Peer-led mock-interview & strategy sessions

Just-In-Time: Recruiting shorthand for “I’m a bit late”

Private Equity: One of the high-pay exit paths (often confused with VC)

KSA (Kellogg Student Association): Student government

Board Fellows: Student ex-officio board members for local nonprofits

Zell Fellows: Entrepreneurship-track cohort

Manbassador: Gender-equity ambassadors

Dean Fran (Langewisch): Asst. Dean, Student Life

Dean Francesca Cornelli: School Dean

Dean Greg Hanifee: Associate Dean (ideas welcome!)

KCC (Kellogg Consulting Club)

P@K (Pride At Kellogg): LGBTQ+ community & drag showcase

WBA (Women’s Business Association)

CAB (Charity Auction Ball): Winter gala (open bar + auction)

Fall Ball / Spring Fling: Themed formal dances

Drag Showcase: P@K’s annual section-vs-section drag competition

Ski Trip: Primetime on slopes (and ERs)

Hot Seat: Rapid-fire peer Q&A game

Special K!: Annual student musical revue

Global Hub (“the Hub” or “Glub”): Signature classroom building

Gordon’s Marketplace: Main dining hall (long lines, curly fries, lobster rolls)

Inspiring Grounds: On-site coffee shop in the Hub

E2: Off-campus Evanston apartment building

Heavenston: Nickname for Evanston, IL

BATNA (Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement)

Cold Call: When a prof calls on you at random

Slack: Your lifeline (and nemesis) for 4,000+ users

#general, #FOMO, #gradesdontmatter, #KelloggPaws, #singlesatKellogg, #KSA_connect: The top Slack channels

TG: Friday happy hour in the Hub (“Thank Goldman”)

Daybreak: Daily Hub-news email

JV: “Joint Venture”—your significant other’s nickname

Onesies: The unofficial school uniform

Zoom: You know.