angelstar819
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Eriol said:Hi! this is to the deaf people out there (there seem to be a number in this thread too) who are in mainstream US universities. my attention was caught when i noticed that some of you are at UCLA and other highly competitive universities in the US. i'm interested in knowing how life is at these unis for deaf people, as come september this will be my situation.
I am a Malaysian studying on scholarship in Lester B Pearson United World College, Canada (doing the IB, a pre-university course, equal to grade 12 in the US i believe). i am profoundly deaf, but was also educated mainstream. i've been accepted to both harvard and MIT for entrance this september.
since i don't know any deaf people at universities in the US, i was wondering if anyone in this thread could give me some pointers -- what to expect, how's the transition from high school to university for a deaf person..?
i'd be very grateful. thank you!
WOW..congrats!! being profoundly deaf and getting into one of the top universities in the nation is really awesome..have you decided which school you're going to attend this upcoming fall? you must really work hard in school..anyway, the transition of high school to a university varies from person to person depending on how prepared they are. for me, the transition was not so bad..i had to adapt living away from home, being independent, taking care of yourself, managing your time, developing good study skills, etc..i'm sure you will have no problems with that..one of the important thing you should do is contact the disabilities office and ask them what kind of services they offer for deaf individuals like yourself..for me, at ucla, i use real time captioning for my lecture classes, since the lecture halls are huge..can seat up to like 400 students..n it's difficult for me to understand the professor..and since i grew up oral, and never really learned asl, i couldnt use interpreters, but rather captioning..it's really helpful..so yea..good luck! let me know if you have any other questions! =D