<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I'm planning on taking the CHSPE (it's like a GED test) this march, and have a question about my grades...</p>
<p>If I pass the test, do I have to finish this semester I am currently? I am planning on starting at a community college this summer, But I am worried any colleges I transfer to would look at this badly. </p>
<p>So do my current semester grades count if I take and pass the CHSPE before final grades go out?</p>
<p>Thanks,
Scrubs</p>
<p>Congrats on deciding to take the proficiency! Taking it was the best decision I have ever made.</p>
<p>You should continue to go to school until you have passed the CHSPE, which I think is usually in early or middle of the summer if you take it in the spring. It’s not necessarily because colleges will take your high school transcript into consideration when you transfer, but until you have the certificate, you’d be truant if you didn’t go to school.</p>
<p>I can’t say whether or not a university will look at your high school grades though, because it depends, especially OOS where you should definitely make sure that they honor the CHSPE. I just finished applying to UC San Diego, and they don’t even want to see my high school transcript until after I’m accepted.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m still going to school until I take the test (March 19th) and get my results (April-ish), but after that i am planning on going with my family to France for a few weeks…</p>
<p>I was just worried that my current semester grades would be looked by any university even if I took the test and passed before the final semester grades where given out. My plan is to go to SMC for 2-3 years, take the GED (so I can apply out of state more easily) and then switch into a 4 year university where I will start junior year.</p>
<p>Again, Thanks for your help :)</p>
<p>Wow, their turnaround for results has definitely improved since '05. I think I waited close to four months to find out if I had passed or not!</p>
<p>You may want to ask your school if you would even get grades after you’ve technically graduated. I makes sense that if you showed them the certificate, you’d be off the hook for finishing the semester. Even if your spring grades are recorded, the longer you’re out of high school, the less those grades matter anyway. Assuming you’re successful at a CCC :)</p>
<p>Also, depending on where you want to go, it may be unnecessary to take the GED. Of all of the colleges that I have looked at, I think only one wasn’t certain that they’d accept the CHSPE. Not that it would be difficult, I’ve heard that the GED is easier than the proficiency exam, but if you don’t have to spend the time or money on it…</p>
<p>Again, Thanks :D</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ve asked my school counselor, but she said she didn’t know… so Ill ask her again or maybe a different school official (I already have set a appointment with my college counselors too).</p>
<p>Your responses have been very helpful, thanks :)</p>
<p>No problem! Stuff with the CHSPE can be really unclear, and I mostly got through it all by asking others who had taken it my questions. Feel free to contact me again if something comes up, and have fun in France, especially if you don’t have to go back to high school! :)</p>
Hello @SCRuBSFan101, I’m approaching my second semester of junior year, and I just wanted to ask if takingvthe CHSPE is right for me, and how it turned out for you. My reason for taking the CHSPE is to try and get to my four year college faster. Is this possible as a junior in high school like me who would want to get the high school diploma faster?