why everyone thinks gallaudet is an ivy league?

kokonut said:
I went there. And I can tell you they are no where near the "Ivy League" type. LOL. Though I'm pretty sure there are few ivy vines growing on the library building.
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Thank goodness for that!
 
Did you know that the term Ivy League isn't nessarily a measure of how good a school is? It's just a descriptor of an althetic conference.
 
Great. You found that on Wikipedia, too? The term has evolved over time and now has a different connotation.

"The term also has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism."
 
kokonut said:
Great. You found that on Wikipedia, too? The term has evolved over time and now has a different connotation.

"The term also has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism."
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Say it isn't so!

All kidding aside, the "academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism" is exactly what I would associate an Ivy League school with.
 
deafskeptic said:
I wasn't just referring to the Academic stuff. I'm afraid you have missed the point. Some of the Gally students have the option to attend the other local colleges for courses that challenge them more than what Galluget has to offer - for example George Washington University.

I have heard of one Deaf guy who got accepted to Havard but he opted to go to Gally instead; I remember my dismay that he went to Gally instead but now that I'm older I can see why he'd do that. It has something that Havard can not offer other deaf students; a Deaf community. To many deaf; this is where they belong.
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Ahh...is that the same person whose went to Cleary School f/t Deaf as a child?
 
Ivy league=pesty, snobbish people just like the pesty vines ruining your landscape.
 
deafskeptic said:
I wasn't just referring to the Academic stuff. I'm afraid you have missed the point. Some of the Gally students have the option to attend the other local colleges for courses that challenge them more than what Galluget has to offer - for example George Washington University.
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What you're speaking of is the Consortium Program. Gally students can go if they meet the requirements.
Consortium

You have your choices:
American University
Marymount University
Catholic University
National Defense Intelligence College
Corcoran College of Art/Design
National Defense University
George Mason University
Southeastern University
Georgetown University
Trinity University
George Washington University
University of District of Columbia
Howard University
University of Maryland – College Park

I went to George Washington University and took engineering and math classes there while as a Gally student.
 
I am pretty sastified with getting my education at Arizona State University and Gallaudet University. Never thought about applying to get into an Ivy League College.
 
katz4life said:
Ahh...is that the same person whose went to Cleary School f/t Deaf as a child?
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I don't remember his name or which school he went. I do know that I learned this from one of the MSSDers. I'm out of touch with her or I'd say more.
 
Reba said:
Gallaudet is not an Ivy League school:


List of Ivy League Colleges | eHow.com


A college does NOT have to be "Ivy League" to be an outstanding college.
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Yep. William and Mary College would be one such example. My brother attended it and my sister in law Patty is a grad from there. Patty says she had 1400 on her SAT. I believe it.

Back in the 50s, Gally truly was "Harvard of the Deaf" due to it's rigorous admittance requirements according to many of the older Gally grads that I met during my MSSD days.

All that started changing in the 80s and maybe even before that with the Northwest Campus with the English 50 students. I remember I so underwhelmed someone with my ability to organize myself that he called me an "English 50 student". I was in Honors English.
 
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deafskeptic said:
Yep. William and Mary College would be one such example. My brother attended it and my sister in law Patty is a grad from there. Patty says she had 1400 on her SAT. I believe it.

Back in the 50s, Gally truly was "Harvard of the Deaf" due to it's rigorous admittance requirements according to many of the older Gally grads that I met during my MSSD days.

All that started changing in the 80s and maybe even before that with the Northwest Campus with the English 50 students. I remember I so underwhelmed someone with my ability to organize myself that he called me an "English 50 student". I was in Honors English.
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And for the record, my private view is that "Harvard for the Deaf" is prolly not the right label for Gally as it stands now. It has never been an Ivy league college and you do not need an Ivy League education to do well in life. It still holds high prestige among the Deaf if not always among the Hearing.

I remember that DRS told me that any hearing college would be better than Gally due to the stigma of Gally being a "special ed" college years ago and that I was too smart for Gally.
 
deafskeptic said:
I wasn't just referring to the Academic stuff. I'm afraid you have missed the point. Some of the Gally students have the option to attend the other local colleges for courses that challenge them more than what Galluget has to offer - for example George Washington University.

I have heard of one Deaf guy who got accepted to Havard but he opted to go to Gally instead; I remember my dismay that he went to Gally instead but now that I'm older I can see why he'd do that. It has something that Havard can not offer other deaf students; a Deaf community. To many deaf; this is where they belong.
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I know who that Deaf people is. He is one of my friends and we did talk over why he chose Gally over Harvard. He had some good reasons why he did it.
 
Royale said:
I know who that Deaf people is. He is one of my friends and we did talk over why he chose Gally over Harvard. He had some good reasons why he did it.
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What were they? Or would he prefer that you not tell?
 
I guess it's because Gallaudet is an easy college to get through?

I've seen some students transfer from Gallaudet to NTID because Gallaudet was too easy... while some students transfer from NTID to Gallaudet because NTID was too hard?
 
:rofl:

Sorry, seriously if you watch Jeopardy. There was a title "Cities" And the answer was Home of two parties city and home of Gallaudet University, all of three contestants couldn't question correctly (Correct question was "What is Washington, D.C." , one said St. Paul, other two said other cities, none said Washington D.C.

This makes Gallaudet University NOT Ivy league for sure!

I am sorry I find this thread hilarious and sorry Im not rooting for Gally. Im more of NTID/RIT. And of course RIT is not Ivy league but very well known college.
 
I can't vouch for the differences between NTID and Gally because I didn't attend either, but I attended RIT. NTID is on the same campus as RIT but different in that only RIT has a bachelor's program, NTID doesn't. And RIT is a difficult school it is well known for that. I'm proud to have gone there and be part of the deaf community at the same time.
 
I can vouch because I am member of Gally alumni Associate, and I also went to NTID/RIT.

I rather NTID/RIT over Gally
 
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