Either I never belonged in the remedial classes, the GED is a participation trophy, or both are true.
Bonus, I tested out of community college geometry, but struggle with online high school geometry. I mostly wanted the college class to have classroom support for the online high school classes. They refused to let me take the class because I tested out of it.
having a good teacher can make all the difference and school administrations are more likely to break good teachers than reward them
Man don’t even worry, I was kicked out of HS. Yet I still got a bachelor’s degree from a good college. You have the GED so you can check the box that asked if you graduated HS. No one has to know it was a GED.
Hell for a while I had my GED framed right next to my college diploma.
Here is what you do if you want to go to a 4 year university.
Go to Community College, after a year at CC you are no longer a new student when applying to a 4 year university. You are a transfer student. So the only thing the 4 year school wants to know is if you graduated HS. They don’t care how or what your grades were. They only look at your CC grades.
If you want more detail send me a DM and I will tell you everything that worked and didn’t work for me and a friend who did the same thing.
Go to Community College, after a year at CC you are no longer a new student when applying to a 4 year university. You are a transfer student. So the only thing the 4 year school wants to know is if you graduated HS. They don’t care how or what your grades were. They only look at your CC grades.
I care. I tried community college. The last time was biology and my submitted lab project was vetoed because it was too involved. I get invited to do high school science fair judging and most of those projects would have been vetoed for that reason.
Before that, I tried to take geometry at a different community college and they refused me because I tested out of the class with the placement test that required I take. I had to pay to take a test that barred me from the only class I went there to take. There’s something messed up about that, right? I’m currently struggling with an online high school because I do better with a classroom and going at someone’s pace.
Ideally, you work towards an associates degree which then makes it even easier to transfer to a university. Many states have agreements between community colleges and universities where your associate’s degree counts for the first 2 years of studies and all of your electives. So when you start a university you jump right into your major. However, you will have to take more than just one class at the community college.
That’s not really ideal for me. I’d prefer a clean start. Going right into a major from community college sounds like going from training wheels to down hill mountain biking. I only gave one example of what I didn’t like about my biology class, but there were other red flags that the teacher gave me. It was a very Cs Get Degrees type experience. Anyway, I’m not looking for advice. This is just offmychest.
Okay this is fixable, you are just going about it the hard way.
First do you have a 4 year school that you would like to attend and you have an idea about a degree you want? Use community college to get all your general education stuff out of the way. It is cheaper and you are in smaller classes in CC so more attention from the instructor.
Have a broad idea about a 4 year degree. Then go to a CC and ask to see an advisor. Advisors are one of your best tools to navigate college. Tell them you would like to get an associates degree in general education. That will take you through the end of your sophomore year. You can then take that associates degree and skip all the general ed classes at the 4 year school.
It is much much easier to do this if the CC and the 4 year school are in the same state. The CC advisor will know exactly how to get this done the best way.
Another really good resource is https://www.transferology.com it can tell you what credits transfer between what schools and what kind of credit it will become.
Oh also ask the advisor about scholarships. They are very much worth the trouble. Sadly Pell grants just don’t cover what they used to
you have an idea about a degree you want?
Nope. My intention was to participate in UROP type activities and maybe some other stuff. I know far too many people who are paying off their student loans in careers that have nothing to do with their degree.
“Do two years at a CC and transfer.” is something I’ve heard about many, many times. If I could do two years and enter as a freshman, I would. At best, CC is what high school should be.
I am way too old for scholarships at this point. Ironic, because one of the reasons I wanted to get better classes in HS was because I wanted to prep for scholarships. My HS really, really didn’t want to talk to me about any of that.
The problem is that everyone learns differently. Some folks need a study group; some need to study at 3 am; some need to hear a lecture 30 times.
Schooling is there to make an obidient slave who works for min wage and takes pride doing it.
You literally have to be brain dead bootlicker to enjoy schooling lol
School itself is fine.
Student Loan Debt is designed to make you wage slaves. Why do you think so many employers stopped on the job training? They want people tied down by debt.
The GED is essentially a participation trophy when you compare American education globally to other developed nations.
The curriculum and difficulty of the school you went to is variable. That’s why in the USA there are “good schools” and “bad schools”. One of the best things to learn is how to learn and how to teach yourself. That makes the teacher’s mostly irrelevant as well and is what’s needed in real life because you won’t have a senior huddled over you 24/7 telling you what to do in any position that pays well. That’s why it pays well.
Congratulations on your GED, it unlocks many opportunities. If your career path can benefit from higher education, there are good options online today.
Congratulations on your GED, it unlocks many opportunities.
It only unlocks community college. I tried it and went back to remedial high school. Didn’t matter cause remedial high school also only leads to community college. If I had dropped out at 14, got a GED, then community college, it would have been an accomplishment. Doing it as an adult only gets you a pad on the back that you’re employable now.
It gets you community college which gets you to university. It also gets you to the category of “highschool diploma or GED” for maximum level of education which can be huge for many jobs. Many even receptionist jobs have that as a requirement.
You’re not at a destination. You just reached a higher rung on the ladder. Keep going if you want more.
When I got my GED tried CC, I was disappointed enough to go back to HS. In my state, GEDs don’t bar you from going to high school because the legal language isn’t specific enough. Gaining absolutely no ground because why would any admissions care about one good year when the previous few were terrible, I started looking for private or charter schools that could legally take me. They legally could, but they could also refuse me and when I found a good one, I was refused when they found out I already graduated. Despite not even fulfilling the basic requirements(no foreign language, not art), I wasn’t able to get the the diploma rescinded.
The online high school I’m currently in doesn’t care, but it would be nice if they had a virtual classroom or even video lectures that corresponded to the material. I have to just hope the stuff I find uses the same verbiage.
I will not commit to CC without a way to void the credits. I’ve used every wording I can think of to find possible examples of it and the only things I can find are that some would consider it Academic Fraud.
