<p>" I don’t believe someone who receives only a GED should be able to graduate from a 4-year college, and it seems the CU admissions department agrees with me."</p>
<p>You are flat wrong. CU absolutely accepts students that have a GED in place of a high school diploma. Other pretty prestigious universities that also accept GEDs include USC, University of Texas, U of Florida, U of Illinios, NYU, Penn State, Indiana University…</p>
<p><a href=“Universities that Accept the GED”>http://education-portal.com/articles/universities_that_accept_the_ged.html</a></p>
<p>What else should a person that earns a GED be restricted from in your world? Not allowed to vote? Not allowed to own property? Not allowed to have children? </p>