GED's and college.

_rentof2
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:28:24 +0000

Some state universities have alternative admisssions requirements for non-traditional students. Those may or may not require a GED. My D will enter college without 4 years of high school, but she won’t take the GED because the state univ. system here will admit kids under a different rubric of SAT/SAT II test scores and a 2 year foreign language requirement.

This is public univ. though, so policies will vary from place to place. Selective privates don’t ususally require GEDs or high school diplomas, but they’ll still want to see the same rigorous course load they’d expect from any other applicant – although some people go about doing that in ways different from spending four years at a high school, such as self-study, selected college classes, etc.

You should look at the admissions requirements for the schools you’d consider going to. Some may have alternatives to the usual full-time high school background. Those usually involve test scores, but often it’ll be the SAT/ACT and not the GED. There’s no way to know generally though. You need to find out about the policies at specific schools.

Some people have a great experience at high school, but it’s not for everyone. I hated it thoroughly. Never had been more depressed in my life, and haven’t ever been again since. (And I’m old now.) I loved college though!