<p>Friends,</p>
<p>Can some body help me regarding GEDs requirement or
no requirement. You will find this in common data set(Section.3) of
the schools. Some schools need GED and some not.
I had a doubt .</p>
<p>Admission Requirements
C3 High school completion requirement
Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students
High school diploma is required and GED is accepted
High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted
High school diploma or equivalent is not required</p>
<p>Can any body clarify this?</p>
<p>Some places require specific proof that you have completed high school (or the foreign equivalent) before enrolling. The GED exam is a nationally recognized exam for people who drop out of high school, but continue to learn on their own. The GED is recognized as being the equivalent of a HS diploma. It would be extremely unusual for a college or university to not accept it. However, the CDS does allow for that possibility.</p>
<p>As you see from the third option, many places do not specifically require that incoming students complete the equivalent of a full high school education. They will admit any student who they deem to be ready to study at that institution.</p>
<p>I agree with most of happymom’s post, but I would quibble with calling it “extremely unusual” for a college not to accept a GED as a substitute for a high-school diploma. As a parent of a teenager who had to drop out of high school for medical reasons, I’ve paid some attention to this issue. The number of American colleges and universities that require applicants to have graduated from high school and do not accept the GED as an alternative to a diploma is significant. It’s far, far from a majority of universities and colleges, but it’s also a long way from “none.”</p>
<p>Sikorsky, thanks for correcting me about that shameful fact. Honestly! That truly should be an embarrassment to the boards of those institutions. I know that the GED is being revised. One can only hope that those policies will as well.</p>
<p>Sikorsky & happymomof1</p>
<p>Thank you for the information</p>
<p>@happymom–the GED is surely no guarantee that the person who has one is ready for college-level work in an academically rigorous college, but let’s be honest: neither is a high-school diploma. I am frankly surprised at the number of colleges that consider getting a GED to be a disqualifying life event. Especially when I think of my younger sister, who went to college after the 11th grade, and then got a GED after her freshman year at Oberlin, so she could have an easier time landing a summer job!</p>