GED test score equivalency?

<p>Due to a severe illness at the time, I had to drop out of school. I currently have a 4.0 at my current community college, but am looking to transfer into a school that happens to be an ivy league school that will take into consideration my high school situation as well.</p>

<p>In all honesty, what will my GED scores look like to them?</p>

<p>This is what it says on my transcript:
Standard Score Total - 3180 (80% of 4000 - so my guess is 3.0?)</p>

<p>You have demonstrated the 21st century skills of
In five test areas (Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies) to perform as effectively in the workplace or in higher education as the top 10% of traditional high school graduates."</p>

<p>Language Arts, Reading - 800/800 - 99 Percentile rank - Your score exceeds the GED passing score requirement and the scores of 80% of graduating seniors. You demonstrated superior reading skills in the following areas: comprehending, analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing workplace and literary texts.</p>

<p>Language Arts, Writing - 550/800 - 69 Percentile rank - Your score meets or exceeds the GED passing score requirement. You demonstrated essential skills in the following areas: using the elements of standard English to edit workplace and informational documents and to generate well-organized and developed written text.
*Note: I don’t really agree with my grade on this one–I’m really an excellent writer and all of my English professors would say that I have the best academic voice and writing out of their students.</p>

<p>Mathematics - 670/800 - 96 Percentile rank - Your score exceeds the GED passing score requirement and the scores of 80% of graduating seniors. You demonstrated superior skill in the following areas: understanding and interpreting mathematical concepts in algebra, data analysis, statistics, geometry, and number operations applied to visual and written text from academic and workplace contexts.</p>

<p>Science - 580/800 - 79 Percentile rank - Your score meets or exceeds the GED passing score requirement. You demonstrated essential skills in the following areas: understanding, interpreting, and applying concepts of life, earth and space sciences, physics, and chemistry to visual and written text from academic and workplace contexts.
*Note: Kind of ironic that I didn’t score higher–I’m very talented with chemistry and biology</p>

<p>Social Studies - 580/800 - 79 Percentile rank - Your score meets or exceeds the GED passing score requirement. You demonstrated essential skills in the following areas: understanding, interpreting, and applying key history, geography, economics, and civics concepts and principles to visual and written text from academic and workplace contexts.</p>

<p>You took 5 sections and received a 3180 for an average score of 636. This would convert to a GPA of ca. 3.6 according to the e-how article hyperlinked below. </p>

<p>“…a rough conversion to determine the GPA. If your average score ranks below 300, then your estimated GPA would be between 0 and 1.0. An average score between 300 and 400 would estimate a GPA between 1.5 and 1.9. A GED score between 401 and 500 would mean your estimated GPA is 2.0 to 2.9. An average GED score between 501 and 600 would estimate a GPA of 3.0 to 3.4. A GED score of 601 to 700 is a GPA between 3.5 and 3.7. A GED average score between 701 and 800 is a GPA of 3.8 to 4.0.”</p>

<p>Read more: How to Convert a GED Score | eHow.com [How</a> to Convert a GED Score | eHow.com](<a href=“http://www.ehow.com/how_7514820_convert-ged-score.html#ixzz1gEWXO8Tl]How”>http://www.ehow.com/how_7514820_convert-ged-score.html#ixzz1gEWXO8Tl)</p>