Any GED success stories?

_rentof2
Fri, 07 May 2010 02:25:47 +0000

You asked about students who took the GED and went to a university without community college first. If that is all you mean by a success story, then there are few here.

I think the thing you need to realize is that the GED is not the issue. The issue will be your GPA and your ACT and SAT scores, along with the other elements in your application, combined with the selectivity of the schools to which you apply. The GED itself is nearly irrelevant. It’s an old hangover from a time students left high school for the military or another job, then wanted to go back and “finish” their high school education. As it stands now, a GED is not very meaningful. Some trade apprenticeship programs require it if a student hasn’t finished high school, but colleges really don’t care. In fact, it may even add a slight stigma to an otherwise strong application. That is why my kids never took it.