The Rice University Neologisms Database

A high school student visiting a college, or rather, a prospective student Prospie is a term used to refer to prospective students. Thus prospie is a clipping of prospective. Usually, the student is a high school senior, but the term is generally used to describe any student who is visiting and/or likely to enroll in the university. The term is used extensively around most colleges and universities in the United States. Prospie is a much faster word to pronounce than the phrase prospective student. Furthermore, prospie sounds less technical than prospective student. Prospective student sounds too formal to use in regular conversation, whereas prospie is rather informal; even the long e sound at the end of prospie emphasizes the upbeat nature of the word. Prospie might also be the preferred term because more students might want to enroll into a school that seems rather relaxed and fun, and this image is often portrayed by the language of the undergrads.