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Founded in 1864, Gallaudet University. is a Private college. Located in District of Columbia, which is a city setting in District of Columbia, the campus itself is Urban. The campus is home to 1,121 full time undergraduate students, and 445 full time graduate students.
The Gallaudet University Academic calendar runs on a Semester basis. In the school year the student to faculty ratio was 7:1. There are 182 full time instructional teachers. Degrees awarded at Gallaudet University include: Bachelor's Degree, Masters Degree, Post-master's certificate, Doctor's degree.
Admissions at are considered Selective, with ,8% of all applicants being admitted.
In the school year, of the students who applied to the school, only 48 of those who were admitted eventually ended up enrolling.
0% of incoming freshmen are in the top half of their high school class. 0% were in the top quarter, and 0% were in the top tenth. You can apply online.
We asked, and students answered these important questions about student life at Gallaudet University.
43 Students rated on-campus housing 3.4 stars. 5 % gave the school a 5.0.
37 Students rated off-campus housing 2.7 stars. 0 % gave the school a 5.0.
45 Students rated campus food 2.6 stars. 7 % gave the school a 5.0.
45 Students rated campus facilities 3.5 stars. 9 % gave the school a 5.0.
45 Students rated class size 4.1 stars. 49 % gave the school a 5.0.
45 Students rated school activities 3.4 stars. 18 % gave the school a 5.0.
45 Students rated local services 3.7 stars. 36 % gave the school a 5.0.
45 Students rated academics 3.2 stars. 18 % gave the school a 5.0.
14 Students rated Gallaudet University
Gallaudet is structured for students who have previously been in residential schools, which have notoriously low academic standards that have only recently begun improving. For students who natively speak English, they may surprisingly have a hard time communicating until they become better at ASL so that they can know better how to express information to the many native signers. Quality of education can be mixed depending on the department. For students seeking to be treated at the collegiate level rather than high school senior, it may be necessary to join the Honors Program or to create their own challenges. Social life is powerful, but many students have lost sight of Deaf History and have no sense of belonging to the Disability Rights Movement or to Deaf Culture beyond last week. However, these students also change the face of what the right to communication means. All communication styles are accepted and supported, and students switch around for one another. Does this sacrifice ASL or coddle new signers, or does it embody our bilingual mission? For those who want access to totally accessible communication, Gallaudet is the perfect choice. Be aware, though, that those who want a challenge may need to seek it themselves. Gallaudet offers plenty of resources to do this, thankfully. GO BISONS!!!
I loved the sense of community for myself as a deaf person but sometimes not being a first language ASL user made things difficult and being verbal did make me lesser in some people's eyes. I also had a very hard time with your financial aid office and the admissions department wasn't organized well. I'm transferring out to be closer to home for both financial and health reasons unfortunately caused by attending this school.
It's a community for the deaf and hard of hearing that gives a sense of family. The disability services are good for a 3 person team with many options for all different abilities. There is a dorm for graduate and senior undergrads that is quiet 24/7 which means parties and/or loud music is banned. Great for studying! They are currently renovated a couple buildings to be more "deaf friendly" which means more wide open spaces and plenty of lighting. Security is a somewhat lacking but campus security and DC metro police have a great work relationship and shit gets done. Like any school it has its cons but there is so much I have learned at this school and I continue to grow as a person in this wonderful community.
It's better to ask me what I have to complain about Gallaudet. It's the food services, and often customer service or the services the students needed that sucks. They're slow, they're pointing fingers, and "unable to do so because of the financial spending we have". But the culture, education, social life, the intellectual community is strong and amazing here! It's truly the reason why we all go to Gallaudet University. It's our home.
The fall 2020 acceptance rate for Gallaudet University is 66%. That means, out of _____ applications received in 2020 , _____ students were offered admission. The number of males who applied was _____ vs the number of females which was _____.
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The worst thing about Gallaudet University : cost of education. The cost of education is expensive as compared to another colleges in USA. You are able to request assistance to cover the tuition such as FAFSA, scholarships, and grants. Approximately, 80 % undergraduate students would be able to have some kind of assistance with financial aid.
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The best thing about my school is the fact that it is a very diverse school. people from all over, different backgrounds, different growing up cultures. Gallaudet is a university for the Deaf, it has students from all over the country most are Deaf or hard of hearing, some are hearing but have relations with those who are Deaf or hard of hearing. But one thing is in common with everyone in this school, they all know about the Deaf and its culture and history, they all understand the difficulties and advantages of Deaf and hard of hearing.
typically Deaf or hard of hearing students, and of course those hearing students who grew up with their first language as american sign language because their parents are deaf, or students who know american sign language and want to pursue a carreer in interpreting.
Strongly cultural yet lacking in promise for its students.
Our school is best known for being the only Deaf university in the world. We're known to be very accomodating towards Deaf people, and while we're not a perfect university, we do try. We have this awesome, tight-knit sense of community where everyone knows each other (wait...that could be a bad thing too!), and the alumni is very involved, since they were Deaf, too, and some of their kids attend Gallaudet also. We're also known for striking protests when our President doesn't meet our needs. We're, in two words, Gallaudet University.
I wish I had went to the YLC so I could have made friends prior to enrolling at Gallaudet University.
A person who wants to avoid alcohol but feels weak in that area. A person who wants to focus on their academic career without distractions- there will be a lot!
Students associated in any way with Speech Science: Prepare to go up against a wave of resentment. You can either stay and fight, try to change minds and attitudes about what it means to be a culturally sensitive SLP or audiologist, or mentally disengage by shrugging and saying, "whatever. Not my problem." The rest of the student body will expect the latter.
There isn't any frustrating thing about this school.
I am graduate student so my experience is probably not representative of the average undergraduate, but my impression is that the majority of academics have been really, really easy. As a rule, professors have been standoffish and not very interested in teaching. Homework assignments are often reading comprehension checks and there is rarely time for creative discussion.
I am not a good judge of this one - football games seem popular. There is a vibrant party scene. Gallaudet is in the middle of DC, though, a lot of people take their social lives off-campus.
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In the big picture, I believe Gallaudet is struggling right now with its image as the cultural Deaf Mecca where everyone signs pure ASL and attends Deaf Power rallies and the encroaching reality of a deaf world that is changing; more students coming from mainstreamed backgrounds with weaker signing skills, oral backgrounds, and avid users of amplification technology. There is a deep ideological clash between these two camps and it results in a very fractured social scene; over there are the hearing kids, here are the oral hard-of-hearing, there are the late signers, over there are the mainstreamed ASL-users, there are those who sign SEE, those have Deaf parents...and so on.
I mostly tell my deaf friends about, how many different kinds of sign language there at Gallaudet. Also, how there are diversity of people from all over the world and friends from different countries. I tell my friends, from home, how easy to make friends there and how the professors are flexable with the students. The university is really a awesome place to go for deaf and hard-of-hearing students and how we have our own culture in school and we have our own world there and freedom.
Not really. The majority of the student population is audiologically deaf or hard-of-hearing, but they span the gamut culturally.
Everyone is Deaf and really into the Deaf-power movement.
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All students must apply yearly for financial aid. This process starts with the FAFSA. Though financial aid deadlines vary by school, it is a good idea to apply as soon as possible. For the upcoming school year, you can apply as early as October 1 for the FAFSA. Additional school aid will be dependent on the FAFSA results.
96% of students attending Gallaudet University receive some sort of financial aid. 57% were awarded federal grants. While 43% received federal loans. Many students do also need to apply for additional private student loans.
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