Hope you all can help me out on how best to approach my attempt to enter a post secondary School,
Heres my situation:
I didn’t exactly have the best marks in High School, and in fact didn’t get enough credits to graduate, after running my Fathers business for 8 years, and taking numerous Financial Securities courses, I finally decided what I wanted to do in life, (Business/Finance) but as I mentioned because of my marks Im in a bit of a jam.
My question is,
a) Would it be better to obtain my GED, and then apply to a University?
Or
b) Obtain the two extra credits I need (can be easily done by taking a second language exam, because I speak fluent Greek) and fulfilling my transcript and then applying to a University with that.(Keep in mind that I didn’t have the best marks when I attended high school)
Which of the two options gives me the best chance of being accepted into a College/University?
Also keep in mind that Im not looking to get into an Ivy League school, I was actually looking in the New York area and I hear CUNY is a great University, so something along the lines of that is what Im shooting for.
Thanks everyone and hope you can help this poor ol confused guy out. 
<p>hey i dont kno much about that but i'm bankin that it'll make u feel better sum1 replies quick
get in touch with the skul directly grades shudnt matter as much for mature applicant cuz even if ur grades were that awesome, 8 yrs is a long time
wuts a ged?</p>
<p>if you had bad grades then i would say just get your GED then apply to college</p>
<p>Are you sure when you apply to college with a GED that they dont request your high school transcript even though you didnt graduate?</p>
<p>I think you need to look up the policy of each school which you are graduating from. While some may take the GED, they oftern require additional SAT 2's.</p>
<p>If you have good grades, you will be open to more choices, it you just graduate</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply's people,</p>
<p>I have read that some Schools require both transcripts and GED's (if the person did not graduate) but what Im trying to get at is, should I go for the GED, or should I just obtain the two extra credits to complete my graduation that way (keeping in mind that I had bad grades), would the GED supersede the bad grades? is that how Schools look at it?</p>
<p>BTW, what is the difference between the SAT 2 and SAT?</p>
<p>@sybbie719, </p>
<p>I notice your from NYC, are you currently attending College there? if so, where? and if so, can you tell me a little bit more of your experience?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I am a parent of a Freshman who is currently at Dartmout. As for my own education, I recieved a bachelors at baruch and Masters at Cornell and NYU</p>
<p>The SAT is the basic verbal / math test each part with a possible score of 800 points (1600 total). In March the new SAT test will be verbal , math and writing which will be graded on a 2400 points (800 points each section.</p>
<p>The SAT 2 test are the subject test.</p>
<p>The SATs and SAT 2's are administered through the college board</p>
<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com%5B/url%5D">www.collegeboard.com</a></p>
<p>There are a number of schools which are SAT optional (SAT scores are not used for the basis of admission) YOu can find a list of these schools at </p>
<p><a href="http://www.fairtest.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fairtest.org/</a></p>
<p>AS we tell most kids on this forum, look for a balance of reach, match and safety schools including a school which is a financial safety ( you would atttend if admitted , and it would be affordable for you to attend)</p>
<p>Try to look for schools which will meet 100 percent of your financial need that is not heavy on loan aid. Do not discount honors programs at your local state university.</p>
<p>All the best to you</p>
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<p>"after running my Fathers business for 8 years, and taking numerous Financial Securities courses"</p>
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<p>Where did you take these courses? If you have some college courses, you might be able to transfer based on college grades, without either taking a GED or disclosing your bad high school grades from 8 years ago.</p>
<p>Andreas,</p>
<p>I totally skipped the part where you have been out of school for 8 years (my bad) </p>
<p>You could also look into going to the community colleges at CUNY and transfer into Baruch. <a href="http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/</a> in order to finish your bachelors.</p>
<p>I would suggest that you keep an open mind to schools especially geared to adults (and more likely to forgive the transgressions of your youth) and you may get credits for life experience. Some schools to consider are:</p>
<p>Metropolitan College of NY (formerly Audrey Cohen)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.metropolitan.edu/businessunder/welcome.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.metropolitan.edu/businessunder/welcome.php</a></p>
<p>Empire State College</p>
<p><a href="http://www.esc.edu/esconline/online2.nsf/html/degreesandfieldsofstudy.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.esc.edu/esconline/online2.nsf/html/degreesandfieldsofstudy.html</a></p>
<p>I don't know if you are interested in Economics, but other schools you cn look into are </p>
<p>Tth Paul McGhee School at NYU
<a href="http://www.scps.nyu.edu/degcert/degree_info.jsp?stDegType=BA%5B/url%5D">http://www.scps.nyu.edu/degcert/degree_info.jsp?stDegType=BA</a></p>
<p>Columbia University School of General Studies</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gs.columbia.edu/index_aboutgs.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.gs.columbia.edu/index_aboutgs.htm</a></p>
<p>hope this helps</p>
<p>What fantastic help you people have been so far, thank you very much. </p>
<p>One thing that I should of disclosed was that I am a Canadian citizen, and my ultimate goal is to attend a US University, preferably in the NYC area. I understand that Tuition is twice as much for International students, but financially I should be covered. </p>
<p>As for the courses I took, well, I don't think they are College accredited, although I will have to call and ask regarding that.</p>
<p>@sybbie719, </p>
<p>Thats a fantastic idea, and probably my best way to enter Baruch, thank you for the links, as well, can you, or anyone else, comment about the following Colleges/Universities:</p>
<p>Pace University <a href="http://www.pace.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.pace.edu/</a></p>
<p>Berkeley College <a href="http://berkeleycollege.edu/index.htm%5B/url%5D">http://berkeleycollege.edu/index.htm</a></p>
<p>MCNY <a href="http://www.metropolitan.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.metropolitan.edu/</a></p>
<p>Thank you so much everyone.</p>
<p>Columbia does offer limited Financial aid to international students</p>
<p>Metropolitan & NYU does not offer aid to international students.</p>
<p>The CUNY schools are going to be the most affordable. If you are looking at community colleges in Manhattan , try BMCC (which is downtown manhattan) the other CC in outerboroughs can be a hike to get to unless you are living in one of the boroughs.
Pace downtown manhattan, is a good choice, and they are very supportive of international students</p>
<p>Thanks sybbie719, those are allot of choices you show here, </p>
<p>So correct me if Im wrong, </p>
<p>In my situation, its best I enroll in one of the following CC's: MCNY, BMCC, Empire state, etc. Stay for two semesters,(as an example) keep up a good GPA, and then try and transfer to Baruch? If so, would my credits be fully transferred?</p>
<p>I hope Im not asking too much here, but thanks for the help so far.</p>