Anyone else have experience getting into a 4-year with a ged?

zhonyas123
Sun, 04 Jan 2015 04:41:51 +0000

making it short, bored to oblivion in highschool, had a pretty shit gpa (think its in the 2’s region), dropped out in 2014 as a senior…

got my ged right after, honors ged diploma. just got my sat and act results back.

30 composite act with 10 on writing and 1800 on sat.
And that was going in blind, so I’m testing again this month but actually studying.

I’ve talked to my old high school guidance counselor and she told me its a waste going to a CC, especially as money is not an issue with me (I’m a freelance programmer), and that my SAT and ACT will more than make up for the bad gpa.

I’m planning to apply for a couple of schools for cs, mainly ones in arizona as it’ll be instate. Maybe if I actually get perfect on sat/act, I might apply to some of the more competitive schools like ut Austin, as my guidance counselor said it wasn’t out of reach with a good essay.

However I don’t know anyone with a ged who actually went to a 4 year, even though admissions in most state schools accept them. I just want ask did anyone else go through he path I did, and did you have any issues? Do I even need to send in my highschool transcript? Even the people I called at admissions were confused. Really interested in hearing your stories and experiences.