<p>"When you begin college in the 2011-2012 school year, what will be your high school completion status?"</p>
<p>Would the CHSPE be considered a GED?</p>
<p>I didn't receive a HS diploma, wasn't home schooled, and their definition of none of the above ("...you do not have a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent and did not complete secondary school in a home school setting") seems to suggest that I should indicate GED. </p>
<p>"When you begin college in the 2011-2012 school year, what will be your grade level?"</p>
<p>I'm a transfer applicant and my status depends on which college I will attend. The public schools I applied to consider me a 3rd year/junior transfer. I'll lose credit at private schools so I must enter as a 2nd year/sophomore. 5th year/other undergraduate seems to apply. Any advice on how to answer? </p>
<p>I'm doing this for the first time. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Pick up the phone and call them. They have to be asked this question many times every year!</p>
<p>^^ For the record, I have. Their CSR was unable to answer.</p>
<p>^ California High School Proficiency Examination</p>
<p>“The California High School Proficiency Examination (CHSPE) is a program established by California law (Education Code Section 48412). If eligible to take the test, you can earn the legal equivalent of a high school diploma by passing the CHSPE.”</p>
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<li>[CHSPE</a> : About the Test](<a href=“California High School Proficiency Examination - Testing (CA Dept of Education)”>http://www.chspe.net/about/)</li>
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<p>Since CHSPE is legally equivalent to a HS diploma in California, I say call it a GED for now and get the FAFSA sent in. If you find out later that you guessed wrong, then go back and edit your profile.</p>
<p>This question isn’t intended to trip you up. It’s intended to sort the kids who are applying to college after 10th or 11th grade from the rest of the pack.</p>
<p>Actually, the reason this is being asked is because the Department of Ed is becoming concerned that students who do not have “real” diploma or GED are receiving aid. The regulations for receiving federal aid require that aid recipients “have a high school diploma or a General Education Development (GED) certificate, pass an ability-to-benefit (ATB) test approved by the U.S. Department of Education, meet other standards your state establishes that the Department approves, complete a high school education in a home school setting that is treated as such under state law, or have satisfactorily completed six credit hours or the equivalent course work toward a degree or certificate.” Students who do not have an actual diploma or GED must meet the other critera … by requiring a high school name, aid administrators can more easily identify the students for whom they will want to verify eligibility by an alternate means.</p>