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LOL! It took me one semester of learning ASL not even daily before I switched from captioning to interpreting for my classes. It's possible. :P The fastest way to learn, OP, is to immerse yourself. What I did was I took one ASL class to get the basics, then I just hung out with deaf people...

Some people go to a community college to save money. It's not always because they had bad grades or whatever. Your first two years of college is usually general education requirements anyway, whether you're at a university or a community college. Only you can motivate yourself, though! I'm...

There's nothing on the Gallaudet website about their requirements because they're SO flexible and lenient about it. It's really like a case by case basis from what I can tell. If I were you, i would take the ACT/SAT as soon as I could, because when you apply to colleges in the fall, you should...

Just wanted to add that if you get the President's scholarship (the one referred to above), then half of your dorm fees will be paid as well. If you are apply and are accepted into the honors program, tuition AND dorms are free for you. Another thing too, is that for both RIT and Gallaudet, I...

Okay, I got into both RIT and Gallaudet. The clique thing, I can't talk about because I haven't gotten to Gally yet. I will say that I got a scholarship at both schools, but Gallaudet can give out WAY more money than RIT/NTID can. I got the best scholarship NTID/RIT had, but I still think...

Thank you! :hug:

Wow, guess I better be prepared when I get there!

I'm not 100% fluent, but this is how I'd sign it: --crime: "behavior illegal" --judiciary: sign like "court" or "judge" (the f-handshape that looks like a weighing scale) --govermental affairs: sign like "government issue" --fiscal: signed like "finance" I think all the signs above can be...

Hahaha, so true! LOL, "the stance."

Since it's this much later, I wonder if he's fluent in ASL now?! He needs to update us!

Hahaha! Didn't look at the original post date! I just saw that someone else recently posted and I replied. :p

I don't know how old you are, but I have to agree with everyone else that your age makes a difference! If you're young, there's TONS of deaf students at Gally. You're sure to make some friends there. I grew up mainstreamed as well, and I had to go with a friend to meet other signers. A year...

When I'm talking about the deaf community, I'm also including those who are hard of hearing and use ASL. When I talk about ANYTHING related to deafness at all, I'm including those who are deaf OR hard of hearing unless I specify otherwise. The NAD is the National Association for the Deaf...

There's a LOT of deaf people everywhere. Like you, not all of them sign. I used to be completely oral too, so many people did not know about my deafness. That's another factor contributing to the idea that not many deaf people are in your area--there's probably plenty of deaf people near you...

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Hearing aids are DEFINITELY way better than they were 20 years ago. My hearing aids that I got last year were obviously better than my last set of hearing aids that I originally got maybe 8 years ago. When I first put them on, I immediately noticed a difference. Just letting you know though...

Everyone keeps saying to try HAs first before CI. I thought the audiologists MADE you try HAs for a certain period of time before you can get CI. Does that apply only to children or something?

I'm pretty sure almost always when the captions block it out, the audio is blocked out for the hearing. There was only one time where I was watching a show with my hearing boyfriend and he said he heard a bad word, but I didn't see it on the screen. It wasn't bleeped on the screen, but rather...

Maybe so, I could be wrong! It just sounded like the "why not me" part was from wishing he could do it too.

Some hearing people think it's pretty cool when we sign, because they can't understand us. I don't think you should feel left out because someone can talk and you might not be able to. I can understand feeling left out in a huge group of people who are talking and no one is willing to interpret...