sheila022

Ask the MIT graduate admissions department.

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TWA

The beard I can do. In about 4 days. I'm Italian after all...

The ginamorous beer gut? That might require a bit more preparation.

Jiro

is it true that MIT graduate admissions department will deny me because I scored 1040 in GRE?

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TWA

LOL

Where is the "none of the above" option?

TWA

Yeah, it is. You suck at life.

jillio

The verbal and the writing sections were tough for me when I took it.

jillio

The practice tests they show you online are nothing like the actual GRE. It's great that you have confidence, but that can work against you. I know more than one person that thought they were going to whiz through the GRE just because they had a high GPA as an undergrad. They all got a rude awakening. I even found the subject test difficult, and I had a 4.0 in my major.

posts from hell

That's what I am gathering.

posts from hell

But you showed it who the boss was, right?

jillio

They are not the same at all. Just put out my the same company. But as far as content....all I can say is "good luck" if you think you will walk in and ace it. Especially without any preparation at all. And the online practice tests are a joke when it compared to the actual test.

sheila022

So just the company can make you feel super confident by looking at the practice tests and make you think you can ace it and then on the test day...you bomb it....hence, paying out more $$$$ just to retake it over and over-->ETS get more $$$ by this way. LOL.

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jillio

The GRE has always had a writing section. The bulk of the work one does in grad school is writing. Most programs require you to be published before they will give you your master's degree.

jillio

The people putting out the practice tests are not even the same people that actually do the GRE. The practice tests are a joke and a waste of money. Instead of looking for a short cut, there are several GRE study guides available that will do you more good than the online practice tests.

jillio

Oh,yeah. But it wasn't easy. I left the testing site looking like I had gone without sleep for about a week. Talk about stress. The whole time you are sitting there thinking, "I gotta do this or there is no hope for grad school. All that preparation out the window."

posts from hell

Yeah. Know the feeling.

craigm26

Depends on what your perception of what "rigorous" is. If you're planning to work for NASA as a rocket scientist, you may need to pass an algebra test. If you're planning to draw comic books, you may not need it.

The overall admission rate at Gallaudet is 67%. Unfortunately, this doesn't tell us who is applying to this school in particular (hoh, hearing, deaf, etc. and then comparing those numbers against "public schools", "public schools that are deaf", "private schools", etc.). Another point, there are better indicators (or at least more publicized) for race then there are for disabled people.

If that 90% figure above is believed to be true (as in all deaf students that try to pass the math entrance test are all exactly from deaf high schools) then it says a lot about deaf high schools or deaf education in general compared to hearing schools. "college" level math is probably a big "gap" between a deaf school than it is a hearing school. Why? Maybe it's competition at hearing schools? I don't know enough to say much about deaf education in high schools, so I'll keep my opinions very limited.

Being an international relations major would probably require a foreign language as 90%ish of jobs out there with that sort of majorial focus wanted employees with that sort of skill. Unfortunately for me, I didn't have that perception during high school (hearing). Had I known that, I probably wouldn't have passed up French in high school (I took ASL) as it is the official language of the United Nations (which is based in New York). Once my French hit a wall during my upper division classes where I just struggled, I sought to quickly earn ASL credits to meet the major requirements. Unfortunately for me, those classes were a 100 mile bus trip three days a week. I quickly switched my major to Political Science. What I'm trying to say is, if you really want to be "successful" in the career path you want to be on, pay attention to what is generally required between here and there for everybody. Your competition for jobs is much more focused when employers are reviewing your applications.

Maybe "Ivy Leauge" is just a termed reserved for a series of like-minded private schools where Gallaudet doesn't seem to fit that category. "Ivy League" is an exaggerated term to make it sound elitist so it's really not that important. What's important is finding a job you love and living a great life.

Oh, I was very math-oriented in high school. Took Advanced Algebra 2 in my junior year and then after 2 years I had to take Algebra 1 after bombing the community college "placement" exam. Highlight of my college career. Aced the other math entrance exams at a state university (during senior year of high school), but for whatever reason, I bombed this one after my freshman year in community college. I didn't pass the English exit exam until my Junior year of high school and ended up finishing a major which is heavily oriented in English. Must've been the Philosophy class I took first semester of community college.

Physics was one of the classes in high school that I enjoyed the most.

jillio

**nodding** People tend to forget, I guess that Gally is a liberal arts college. Same as the college I attended for 2 degrees. Strong on humanities, weak on science and math. But as a psych major, that was exactly what I needed.

deafskeptic

I was thinking the same thing. Something is a little fishy.

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jillio

I'd venture a guess that he doesn't even have a certificate of attendance from a high school.

craigm26

Moreover, There's only one "deaf" (student body is mostly deaf, but not completely deaf. But definitely a stronger proportion of deaf students than any other schools) University in the world, so it's kind hard to judge what is considered "ivy league" of the deaf universities. If you got accepted into ANY Ivy League school, would you still choose Galludet?

I emphasize any, because I imagine those schools are more or less competing with other and try to distinguish themselves as being "better" or "different" than each others. For example. I went to UC Davis for Political Science. While UC Berkeley has a more well-known Political Science program as being "better" by the public, the perception among Political Scientists themselves is that they're the same quality, just a different emphasis. Davis is more data-hungry and Berkeley loves to theorize frames like no other. I'd rather collect data. However, all the UC is funded by one fund, so all other schools are considered when school administrators want to start making changes to specific majors.

Some might say that those changes are specifically made to induce future alumni donors.

How is Gallaudet funded? I'm very curious to see some comparisions between different systems and proportions of where funding comes from.

matajan

I got accepted into cornell and brown. I chose to transfer to gallaudet to graduate.

Yale members founded gallaudet in 1864. It used fund from yale and government but you did not know which one cuz it is secret.

In fact, gallaudet cost tuition is $52,000 per year

But government pay each student reduce to $26,000 per year

Jiro

you got accepted into continuing education program.... it does not reject people.

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matajan

Honestly, top kids came to gallaudet because of socializing is always offer you can make friends with deaf people or enjoyable time when you break from class.

It is true...same as I do. And I realize this program help me organize and prepare to finish my degree includes my major, there is no complication for me do process with general education and major.

But many students do not like general studies requirement because there is no constrium from other colleges would look at courses which not match others if they want to transfer.

At rugters, mit, harvard, stanford, I wonder do deaf students have opportunity to involved activities and socializing with hearing if they try to make friends at house party or reception you talked with faculty.

Will they still talk about topics but they would not know what they talk about because haven't go to rit or gallaudet make you feel you want to get recongize then transfer to gallaudet or rit?

It is happened in protest 2006 at gallaudet, I noticed many well known people then I would came to meet these people to get know and experienced, they still believe I am here and can done with my degree at gallaudet then they will realize they can respect me.

matajan

Honestly, top kids came to gallaudet because of socializing is always offer you can make friends with deaf people or enjoyable time when you break from class.

It is true...same as I do. And I realize this program help me organize and prepare to finish my degree includes my major, there is no complication for me do process with general education and major.

But many students do not like general studies requirement because there is no constrium from other colleges would look at courses which not match others if they want to transfer.

At rugters, mit, harvard, stanford, I wonder do deaf students have opportunity to involved activities and socializing with hearing if they try to make friends at house party or reception you talked with faculty.

Will they still talk about topics but they would not know what they talk about because haven't go to rit or gallaudet make you feel you want to get recongize then transfer to gallaudet or rit?

It is happened in protest 2006 at gallaudet, I noticed many well known people then I would came to meet these people to get know and experienced, they still believe I am here and can done with my degree at gallaudet then they will realize they can respect me.

Jiro

double posting?

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sheila022

Yes, we all do. Look at me and Jiro.

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sheila022

Haha, nice!

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craigm26

I don't know why you want to be friends with people who explicitly talk about their choice of college and judge them entirely based on that. It's extremely rare that people actually do this. You can be socially great without having an "Ivy League" school in your history. In the real world, the school you attended is socially irrelevant.

You want respect. How will you pay off that debt? You agreed to pay off the piece of paper you have not earned yet. So long as you earn your degree, get a decent job, pay off that debt, you may find yourself with more respect from others and higher self-esteem. And you don't have to earn a degree to be successful. It's more about what you make of yourself. You think you absolutely have to finish a Bachelor's degree to be successful? Super, grow up and do it.