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Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT
i.e. Prestigious American universities.
I know this really smart guy. He got into HYPSM
HYPSM by PedroFile April 12, 2009
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HYPSM • HYPSMC • HYPSMCC • HYPSMD • hypster • Hypsy • HAPSMTRR • hyesm • Hypemare • hypmosis
This stands for Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT.
There are plenty of Asians at HYPSM and their peer institutions.
HYPSM by 1XxXLuther BlissettXxX1 April 27, 2009
Top schools used by Americans in the US: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT.

However, schools like Berkeley and Caltech are equal to or more well-known than Princeton in terms of prestige and clout internationally and arguably domestically.
Princeton kids say, “yeah, I go to HYPSM,” or “oh, I go to the number 1 school on USNews,” but never say that “they go to Princeton” when abroad directly to college bound folks because HYPSM is more well known and not accurate.
The six most prestigious universities in the United States: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Columbia.
Dang, I wish I was smart enough to get into a HYPSMC.
HYPSMC by N O O T N O O T May 13, 2021

hypmosis 

Street slang for Hypopatimus and Osmosis. Short for gym
Also an ig girl
Going to the hypmosis
hypmosis by honeydrop May 6, 2019
An acronym for the five most prestigious universities in the United States: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia.
I wish I could get into a HYPSC to impress my grandma...
HYPSC by habitmonster June 15, 2021
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