NYU: Tisch for Drama

TheRealKEVP
Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:31:03 +0000

Under California Law, a CHSPE is equivalent to a High School Diploma. It seems to me that that makes it just like a GED (which I have). Some websites I have visited say you have to be 18 to take the GED, but I found some loophole and took it when I was 17.

I took a GED when I was 17, and now I argue felony cases in front of juries.

I don’t know how a college/university can say “This CHSPE isn’t as good as a High School Diploma”. They can’t do that with a GED. If they can do that with a CHSPE, then maybe Kat should consider taking the GED as well. But yes, she probably will have to do all the other things that folks with High School Diplomas have to do, like SAT and ACT.

Some schools may have age requirements for admission. Kat may be too young.

And there really are one or two schools that don’t require High School diplomas. (Maybe my information is out of date)

I think there is some bias here against people like me and Kat, who take exams instead of doing it the way you folks expect the “good students” to do. But then we find that it is often the folks like me and Kat that do better on auditions, better than all those good, well-behaved kids.

I don’t know if Kat feels as though she HAS to go to college next year. I don’t know why she would. She is still very young, and college isn’t going anywhere. She can take some time to really work hard on getting into her dream college, and can even take another year or so if she doesn’t get in on her first attempt.

I’m just trying to make sure Kat understands all her options. Obviously, she has to pick for herself which is going to best for her.