Gallaudet

Chuck · 11-23-2009, 08:42 AM

I was looking at online ratings of Gallaudet and they dont look good. So i figure some of you guys have gone to and graduated from Gallaudet.

How seriously did your employer take your education from gallaudet? Did they respect it? I'm in California so to go across the country to Gallaudet only to go in the open job market to be turned down makes me kind of wary of it.

Foxrac · 11-23-2009, 08:48 AM

It would be depends on job, some job don't hire any deaf people who graduated from Gallaudet so it is job's problem, not Gallaudet because Gallaudet is accelerated and I know most job from Fortune 500 did hired any deaf people who graduated from Gallaudet, according to Royale in other post.

You could ask Royale about it and please trust him.

I had know about some deaf people who graduated from hearing college has difficult to find good job too, same goes with RIT/NTID so Gallaudet isn't alone.

I'm planning to enroll at Gallaudet in no later than 2011 so I'm not worried about it.

Chuck · 11-23-2009, 08:58 AM

I basically am interested in the computer science program they have.

Frisky Feline · 11-23-2009, 09:35 AM

Well, My hubby and I graduated in the different year from Gallaudet. Within a couple of months later, We got jobs. We were more interested in getting lots of interships from there. That's how those people had chance of getting to each of knowing us.

it is all matter how much you are serious about your major that relates to the job that you want to take a several internships where you can show your stuffs either, to the private companies or federal government depts. They would check you out.

Jiro · 11-23-2009, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck

I was looking at online ratings of Gallaudet and they dont look good. So i figure some of you guys have gone to and graduated from Gallaudet.

How seriously did your employer take your education from gallaudet? Did they respect it? I'm in California so to go across the country to Gallaudet only to go in the open job market to be turned down makes me kind of wary of it.

a real solid answer? none. oh btw - that answer is same for MIT graduate as well. Did you know there are handful of MIT and Harvard graduates who are not employed yet?

Let's put it this way - it's not where you graduate from. it's how good you are. (and also how connected you are.) Obviously - nobody is going to hire you if your work experience & computer background are mediocre... even if you graduate from MIT.

it's best to go to college that can provide you EQUAL ACCESS! You can be as good as MIT student. don't worry!

violet · 11-23-2009, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Jiro

a real solid answer? none. oh btw - that answer is same for MIT graduate as well. Did you know there are handful of MIT and Harvard graduates who are not employed yet?

Let's put it this way - it's not where you graduate from. it's how good you are. (and also how connected you are.) Obviously - nobody is going to hire you if your work experience & computer background are mediocre... even if you graduate from MIT.

it's best to go to college that can provide you EQUAL ACCESS! You can be as good as MIT student. don't worry!

Lighthouse77 · 11-23-2009, 11:40 AM

I think the poor rating is result of not being a hearing school and some people felt it is too easy for a school, probably because it accommodate the deaf that make it seem so easy.. Like my history class when My history teacher wrote notes on the board for me to study. The test was a breeze and the good news is that I still remember everything I learned in history class than I did any other class.

As long as they are learning and know what to do, that's all it matters.

souggy · 11-23-2009, 11:45 AM

Nowadays with PowerPoint, and downloadable lectures... I don't think we will see much differences Lighthouse77.

The point of colleges and universities is to develop a network of friends and associates. Deaf tends to look out for other Deaf... that's why they go to Gallaudet.

Lighthouse77 · 11-23-2009, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by souggy

Nowadays with PowerPoint, and downloadable lectures... I don't think we will see much differences Lighthouse77.

The point of colleges and universities is to develop a network of friends and associates. Deaf tends to look out for other Deaf... that's why they go to Gallaudet.

i think i know what you mean, Especially when my husband went to certain college, and only people who went there tend to hire him. they went to his college and went through resumes of people looking for jobs and that's how he got his job.

Jiro · 11-23-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by souggy

Nowadays with PowerPoint, and downloadable lectures... I don't think we will see much differences Lighthouse77.

The point of colleges and universities is to develop a network of friends and associates. Deaf tends to look out for other Deaf... that's why they go to Gallaudet.

together - it fosters an intellectual growth and future prospects.

Chuck · 11-24-2009, 07:07 AM

Have any californians gone to gallaudet? I know this is a question for admissions and otherwise gallaudet themselves but do they provide a dorm for you and all? How much of your own money did you have to pay?

kokonut · 11-24-2009, 10:38 AM

Or to improve your marketability you can always continue with your education by getting your M.S. degree, PhD, law degree, and so on . Add a second degree at another university. Invest in yourself and don't think about how much it'll cost. There is no better company to invest in other than yourself to get a better education with an advanced degree(s). You invest in yourself, you are accountable only to yourself.

Frisky Feline · 11-24-2009, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

Or to improve your marketability you can always continue with your education by getting your M.S. degree, PhD, law degree, and so on . Add a second degree at another university. Invest in yourself and don't think about how much it'll cost. There is no better company to invest in other than yourself to get a better education with an advanced degree(s). You invest in yourself, you are accountable only to yourself.

How did you like Gallaudet? I believe you stayed there for three years. right?

Did you join any organizations?

kokonut · 11-24-2009, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Frisky Feline

How did you like Gallaudet? I believe you stayed there for three years. right?

Did you join any organizations?

It was an...interesting time.

Join any organizations? What do you mean?

Frisky Feline · 11-24-2009, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

It was an...interesting time.

Join any organizations? What do you mean?

any kind of organization like, tower clock yearbook, buff and blue student newspaper, or fraternity/sorority and more or a part time jobs at Gallaudet. or a member of homecoming, or rockfest or some events?

Three years is an obviously good long of liking it there.

kokonut · 11-24-2009, 11:40 AM

Well, three years because I had a goal in mind to get and get out and then quickly move on to grad school. I attended George Washington University classes at the same time with Gallaudet taking engineering and math courses. I was a tutor for math and physics for 3 years. I never liked frats. Sounded too hollow for me. I went to the usual Rockfest and hung out with friends at bars, the Abbey, and so on. But my focus was on education and move ahead quickly. I wasn't getting any younger.

anakin · 11-24-2009, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

It was an...interesting time.

Join any organizations? What do you mean?

you went to college and you didn't know what she meant by organizations?

kokonut · 11-24-2009, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by anakin

you went to college and you didn't know what she meant by organizations?

There is no need to get personal here just because you do not like me.

I wanted clarification, nothing more.

Frisky Feline · 11-24-2009, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

Well, three years because I had a goal in mind to get and get out and then quickly move on to grad school. I attended George Washington University classes at the same time with Gallaudet taking engineering and math courses. I was a tutor for math and physics for 3 years. I never liked frats. Sounded too hollow for me. I went to the usual Rockfest and hung out with friends at bars, the Abbey, and so on. But my focus was on education and move ahead quickly. I wasn't getting any younger.

Ha! There you go, You were a tutor so you liked gallaudet.

Jiro · 11-24-2009, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

Well, three years because I had a goal in mind to get and get out and then quickly move on to grad school. I attended George Washington University classes at the same time with Gallaudet taking engineering and math courses. I was a tutor for math and physics for 3 years. I never liked frats. Sounded too hollow for me. I went to the usual Rockfest and hung out with friends at bars, the Abbey, and so on. But my focus was on education and move ahead quickly. I wasn't getting any younger.

what made you pick Gallaudet? how did you get by without knowing ASL? did they provide terp for non-ASLer?

kokonut · 11-24-2009, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Frisky Feline

Ha! There you go, You were a tutor so you liked gallaudet.

I had to pay the bills somehow. I was on my own.

Royale · 11-24-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Jiro

what made you pick Gallaudet? how did you get by without knowing ASL? did they provide terp for non-ASLer?

I remember Koko well when he came to Gally as a non-signer. Gally have provided ASL program called New Signers Program (NSP) which helps new students who lacks ASL skills.

I remember that I met him for the first time when his NSP fellow Derek and he stopped by to ask me for help at the Benson Hall Computer Lab where I worked as a PC Lab technician. I freely admit that I was having some difficulties with them cuz they had to depend on oral. At that time my oral and lipreading skills were very limited as I was very fluent in ASL.

Frisky Feline · 11-24-2009, 01:47 PM

ha ha at royale. i remember where the benhall computer lab was. I was disappointed in myself that i wasn't serious with computer stuff. I admit i managed to find a way to get out of it and found my good times there.

you mean Derek B?

Frisky Feline · 11-24-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

I had to pay the bills somehow. I was on my own.

Yeah me too. again, you liked it there.

Royale · 11-24-2009, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Frisky Feline

ha ha at royale. i remember where the benhall computer lab was. I was disappointed in myself that i wasn't serious with computer stuff. I admit i managed to find a way to get out of it and found my good times there.

you mean Derek B?

Of course I do.

kokonut · 11-24-2009, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Frisky Feline

Yeah me too. again, you liked it there.

There were good times, sure. And there were some really weird times as well that I couldn't believe it.

souggy · 11-24-2009, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

There were good times, sure. And there were some really weird times as well that I couldn't believe it.

Then you had a normal college life, then?

kokonut · 11-24-2009, 02:30 PM

Define "normal college life." Again, a matter of perspective here. I was not your typical beer binge drinking drunks.

souggy · 11-24-2009, 02:36 PM

Wow.

Um... part of having a normal college life is experiencing the weirdness of the collective mentality. A lot of people who go to post-secondary spoke about how abnormal their experiences were.

I don't know why you have to make a cheapshot comments on a college stereotype. Makes you sound too "high and mighty" there.

The implication here was "if you didn't have a weird experience in college, then you didn't have the same experience as everyone else."

Frisky Feline · 11-24-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

There were good times, sure. And there were some really weird times as well that I couldn't believe it.

Sure, I had good times. I bet you went to Ratsie's in college park MD. I used to order lots of fried doughs. Of course, I ordered wings too.

Indeed, there were always some really weird times that happen in everyone's lives of different ways of experiencing the life.

11-23-2009, 08:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Chuck God of War Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Posts: 182	Gallaudet I was looking at online ratings of Gallaudet and they dont look good. So i figure some of you guys have gone to and graduated from Gallaudet. How seriously did your employer take your education from gallaudet? Did they respect it? I'm in California so to go across the country to Gallaudet only to go in the open job market to be turned down makes me kind of wary of it. __________________

11-23-2009, 08:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
Foxrac PC gamer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dixieland Posts: 19,109	It would be depends on job, some job don't hire any deaf people who graduated from Gallaudet so it is job's problem, not Gallaudet because Gallaudet is accelerated and I know most job from Fortune 500 did hired any deaf people who graduated from Gallaudet, according to Royale in other post. You could ask Royale about it and please trust him. I had know about some deaf people who graduated from hearing college has difficult to find good job too, same goes with RIT/NTID so Gallaudet isn't alone. I'm planning to enroll at Gallaudet in no later than 2011 so I'm not worried about it. __________________

11-23-2009, 08:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
Chuck God of War Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Posts: 182	I basically am interested in the computer science program they have. __________________

11-23-2009, 11:40 AM	#7 (permalink)
Lighthouse77 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,881	I think the poor rating is result of not being a hearing school and some people felt it is too easy for a school, probably because it accommodate the deaf that make it seem so easy.. Like my history class when My history teacher wrote notes on the board for me to study. The test was a breeze and the good news is that I still remember everything I learned in history class than I did any other class. As long as they are learning and know what to do, that's all it matters. __________________ Good thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

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souggy Waiting at the Bus Stop Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 4,111	Nowadays with PowerPoint, and downloadable lectures... I don't think we will see much differences Lighthouse77. The point of colleges and universities is to develop a network of friends and associates. Deaf tends to look out for other Deaf... that's why they go to Gallaudet. __________________ Souggy's Blog Warning! Contains skewed comments & inane ramblings. May cause spontaneous human combustion

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11-23-2009, 09:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
Frisky Feline Provoke, Pounce, Purr Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 7,465	Well, My hubby and I graduated in the different year from Gallaudet. Within a couple of months later, We got jobs. We were more interested in getting lots of interships from there. That's how those people had chance of getting to each of knowing us. it is all matter how much you are serious about your major that relates to the job that you want to take a several internships where you can show your stuffs either, to the private companies or federal government depts. They would check you out.

11-24-2009, 07:07 AM	#11 (permalink)
Chuck God of War Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Posts: 182	Have any californians gone to gallaudet? I know this is a question for admissions and otherwise gallaudet themselves but do they provide a dorm for you and all? How much of your own money did you have to pay? __________________

11-24-2009, 10:38 AM	#12 (permalink)
kokonut Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,173	Or to improve your marketability you can always continue with your education by getting your M.S. degree, PhD, law degree, and so on . Add a second degree at another university. Invest in yourself and don't think about how much it'll cost. There is no better company to invest in other than yourself to get a better education with an advanced degree(s). You invest in yourself, you are accountable only to yourself.

11-24-2009, 11:40 AM	#16 (permalink)
kokonut Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,173	Well, three years because I had a goal in mind to get and get out and then quickly move on to grad school. I attended George Washington University classes at the same time with Gallaudet taking engineering and math courses. I was a tutor for math and physics for 3 years. I never liked frats. Sounded too hollow for me. I went to the usual Rockfest and hung out with friends at bars, the Abbey, and so on. But my focus was on education and move ahead quickly. I wasn't getting any younger.

11-24-2009, 01:47 PM	#23 (permalink)
Frisky Feline Provoke, Pounce, Purr Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 7,465	ha ha at royale. i remember where the benhall computer lab was. I was disappointed in myself that i wasn't serious with computer stuff. I admit i managed to find a way to get out of it and found my good times there. you mean Derek B?

11-24-2009, 02:30 PM	#28 (permalink)
kokonut Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,173	Define "normal college life." Again, a matter of perspective here. I was not your typical beer binge drinking drunks.

11-24-2009, 02:36 PM	#29 (permalink)
souggy Waiting at the Bus Stop Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 4,111	Wow. Um... part of having a normal college life is experiencing the weirdness of the collective mentality. A lot of people who go to post-secondary spoke about how abnormal their experiences were. I don't know why you have to make a cheapshot comments on a college stereotype. Makes you sound too "high and mighty" there. The implication here was "if you didn't have a weird experience in college, then you didn't have the same experience as everyone else." __________________ Souggy's Blog Warning! Contains skewed comments & inane ramblings. May cause spontaneous human combustion

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