RaeRae

Hey everybody, I'm a deaf junior in high school, I need some help in finding out info about RIT/NTID, like pros and cons, and what your major was. I visited Gally once, waaayy too scary for a country girl like me!

Any stories about your experiences will help!

By the way what is CSUN? I've never heard of it.

Deafness

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sequoias

Well, CSUN is a big university in Southern California that has many deaf students. CSUN stands for California State University of Northridge.

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RaeRae

Oh thanks!

Do you know anything about it?

sequoias

No, I don't know much about CSUN. There's a website of that college, if you wanted to check it out.

http://www.csun.edu/

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Teresh

RIT/NTID is... well... RIT/NTID.

It's good for engineering and computer programs, art and film, also for applied sciences, but not so great if you're looking for natural sciences or business.

The science and business programs are not *bad* per se, they're just not particularly special.

I'm in my second year at RIT. My undergraduate program is BS Information Technology and my pending graduate program is Masters of Business Administration (MBA).

RedFox

I am a fourth year student and started at RIT with the computer engineering major. This year, I changed to the imaging science major. There are good, so so and bad teachers like anywhere else. There's a site you can go to to see who are good professors, but sometimes I've liked professors that people who posted to the site didn't like.

RIT is good for things like engineering and photography. There is plenty of support for deaf people, but sometimes, the interpreting service can't find interpreters. There are classes that they select to assign interpreters to if NTID students are in the class, so if you register for those sections and request interpreters so they'd know that there is a NTID student in the class, you'd be fine. They also pay notetakers and have C print.

If you can put up with the winters here, you may like it here because there are woods around RIT. I'm a country person too. I sometimes go on walks on the trails and did that at night too because the most dangerous things I've seen there were deer. The potheads never bothered me.

They show movies for free on Thursday nights in Ingle auditorium. There is a Ben & Jerry's nearby.

People think that the health center is dumb, but some people there had been helpful.

They make freshmen live in the dorms unless they live close enough. Now I feel like the dorms are prisions. Somebody told me that they're just like some women's prisions. Move into the apartments if you can, the top choice of any sane person is University Commons. I hope I get in there.

They keep building and building and building stuff. Now that they finished the bridge between the microelectonics and computer science buildings, it is possible to walk from the library in the center to building 78 on the edge of RIT without going outside. They are building the student development center, connecting dining commons to NTID. It should be finished when you come here, if you do.

Freshmen are made to eat primary at Gracies, to have a "social atmosphere common to freshmen." Lots of people say that it is Gracies garbage food. When my mom went there, she said it was better than the food at her university. It's better than the hospital food I've had.

There are many clubs like the model train one, an anime one, a GLBT one, and religious ones. I wonder what would happen if some members of the GLBT and religious ones meet.

There's also a big piece of rusting metal claimed to be artwork. People think that they money was used for it despite reassurances to the contradictionary that private dotations were used.

Teresh

Hehehe. Way to be blunt, there. The Sentinel isn't *that* bad...

...ok it is, but... meh.

Dennis

CSUN has the 3rd largest deaf college population in the U.S. 250 deaf and hard of hearing college undergraduates and graduate students study there with the majority of them mainstreamed with hearing peers with interpreters, real time captioning, typewell captioning, and notetakers. There are several courses that are deaf-only students taught by deaf faculty as well. CSUN has a ton of majors for you to study, from engineering to computer science to art to biology to urban studies to geography and many, many, many more.

CSUN is in Southern California near Los Angeles, CA. It's sunny year round, has a ton of things to do in the community, lots of activities, and plenty of experiences to learn there. CSUN is the home of the National Center on Deafness which provides support to the students with counseling, consulting, and resources.

For more information, a few websites are:

www.csun.edu
ncod.csun.edu

You can also email ncod@csun.edu any questions you have and a counselor or staff member will be able to answer them.

I'm a CSUN graduate and I'll be happy to answer any questions you have as well.

VamPyroX

I'm a 7th year student here at RIT. I'm currently working on my MS degree in Human Resource Development and Business. I graduated with a BS in Information Technology. I had a hard time getting through college when I was in community college back in Texas. After coming here, I've felt more motivated to finish school for good.

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RaeRae

So would you say the neighborhood at CSUN is safer?

I'm interested in education- I'm sure RIT/NTID doesn't have that major, it's not a liberal arts college right?

I am also interested in an english or journalism major, thanks for the CSUN web site, I'll check it out!

kalboy

You should check out CSUN. From what you posted, I think CSUN is a much better place for you. Hey, you can't beat the weather and social scence in LA.

Sugar Addict

Depends on what programs you get into if RIT's a good choice for you. If youre going straight into other colleges besides NTID at RIT.. then you're in for a fun ride. But if youre admitted straight into NTID, then I sugguest you to look somewhere else as you might be wasting your time with courses and an useless degree. Seen it firsthand with friends that have gone to RIT with being stuck in the NTID's system. To add insult, several programs at RIT wont accept transfer credits from NTID. Adding a year or two to the person's plan for a BS degree.

I personally disagree with some of the comments said about natural science and business not being great. RIT's science programs are great as well as business programs as well as they have stellar reps with grad/med schools and businesses across the country.

I suggest you to visit NTID/RIT's open house and see what you like about the school in general.

I graduated from RIT with a BS degree, and am working for the same organization that I did my co-op experience with.

Cheers for RIT

angelstar819

RIT/NTID is a great school..better than CSUN and Gally in terms of the quality of education..it has several hundreds of deafies and are consists of both who sign and speak, plus they really help you find a job after you graduate which is a great plus

wheras in Gally, the whole school is deaf and almost everyone signs..plus it's a huge party school..you probably won't get much of a decent education from there since the majority of the students use ASL and their reading scores are incredibly low..fourth grade level..

CSUN is not a bad school..smaller deaf population than that of RIT/NTID..and hey, it's in sunny cali..where the weather is great all year--very contrast to the east in Rochester and DC..

so base your decision on who you would like to socialize with more--hearies or deafies? and check with the majors each of the universities offer and of course the location..make sure you visit each of the schools..

also, since you're a junior, and if you're seriously considering NTID/RIT, you should definitely do the EYF program this upcoming summer, like I did a couple years ago..it's a great one week program which helps you decide what you should major in and plus get a feel of the campus and meet other deafies..here's the site if you're interested: http://www.ntid.rit.edu/prospective/eyf.php
although I didn't end up there, I was glad to go because of the great deaf people I met there, since I've been mainly mainstreamed my whole life..hoped i helped! good luck on whatever path you decide to take =D

Teresh

Just a correction... There's over a thousand deaf and hard of hearing students here.