Georgia Ged

Q: I haven't seen much mention of the GED in this newsgroup and was wondering what the difference is between homeschooling and taking GED classes. Do your homeschoolers take the GED after completing their studies or how does that work?

A:I doubt that we will bother with either the GED or the CHSPE (Calif. High School Proficiency Examination). I think we will just start community college with one or two classes at a time, take the SAT if it is needed, and move on with life. Some people frown on the GED as being the lesser way. It is just a test. The person and the person's knowledge count for lots more to me. (By the way, in Calif, one must be 17yr and 10 months to take the GED, and must be 16yrs or olders to take the CHSPE. The CHSPE is a certificate equivalent, by law, to a high school diploma.) you know: 1. Most colleges and universities first want an entrance exam score. That would be either an SAT-I or an ACT. 2. There are quite a number of SAT-II's including physics, chemistry, biology {with molecular or ecological concentrations as options} mathematics {two versions}, US history, World History, various foreign languages, English literature, writing, etc. Different colleges and universities have different requirements for SAT-II's {e.g., most Ivy League schools demand the writing SAT-II of all applicants, Purdue University demands of all applicants from unaccredited schools {includes home educated} the writing SAT-II and a math SAT-II and adds to that the chemistry SAT-II if the unaccredited applicant is applying to School of Agriculture, Schools of Engineering, or School of Science, public universities and colleges in Georgia demand a list of SAT-II's of the home educated, etc.} 3. The first step is to take the SAT-I. The second step is to determine what particular SAT-II's {if any. Note that Indiana University does *not* require SAT-II's at all but demands that applicants from unaccredited schools be from schools properly registered with the state department of education} the schools your child is interested in require. Then, at this stage, one prepares for and takes those SAT-II's. Of course, an easy end run around that hurdle {albeit slightly expensive, and definitely overkill} for home educated is to use the SAT-II for a subject as a cumulative final exam in that subject. Thus one has all the required SAT-II's for any school at all.

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