<p>Hi, I will try to keep this short. I homeschooled in high school and graduated in 1995. I am about to complete my BA in December, however I have been looking at jobs and many of the applications ask if I have a high school diploma or GED. I have nothing to show that I actually completed high school, no transripts, tests, diploma -- nothing. My parents didn't keep any records. All I had was schoolwork that I did but it's gone now after ten years. I first attended a community college and wrote on the application that I homeschooled and said that I graduated but they never asked for proof of any kind, they just accepted me. At that time I thought my dad would able to show them something but now I know there is nothing to show. I'll feel like I'm lying on a job application if I say I graduated and if they ask for proof, I won't have anything to show for it. </p>
<p>I'm tempted to just get my GED. The closest testing center is at my community college. Won't it raise some eyebrows if they see me getting the GED now after I said I already graduated from highschool? I know that once you have a bachelor's most employers don't care about high school but I will be applying to state jobs and who knows what they would check. I would just hate for them to think I was lying.</p>
<p>You are getting your BA. You don't need a hs diploma or a GED.
Yes, you "graduated" from your home-school high school, so don't feel weird about putting that down. Your community college showed that they understood "home-school" and "graduated", and so will future employers.</p>
<p>Just say yes. You are telling the truth you DID graduate! You don't need any proof! In my entire life (I am 46 and have had many jobs), NEVER has any prospective employer asked me for a copy of my diploma - not even once! </p>
<p>Anyway, you DO have proof - your BA! No way could you have gotten into college without a hs graduation, so there you go. No one will ever question you if you have a BA. That is understood - it's just taken for granted that if you have a BA you also graduated from hs. And, hs is now IRRELEVANT anyway! No one cares about hs once you've graduated from college!!</p>
<p>That question is not intended for you, a college grad. That question is intended for people who have ONLY graduated (or not) from hs.</p>
<p>And yes, it would raise some eyebrows for you to go after a GED. imo, that would be really bizarre. I think most employers would find it very, very strange, and it would probably do more damage than good. It would invalidate your legitimate homeschooling and the community college that you went to. Since they accepted you, you have no reason to be concerned. You are WAY past being concerned about hs!</p>
<p>I would strongly urge you NOT to get the GED. GEDs have a bit of stigma attached, since many hs dropouts end up getting GEDs. I would not do that.</p>
<p>Don't worry about being dishonest - you're not! You probably don't have proof of getting out of elementary school either, so what? It's really not an issue for you anymore.</p>
<p>You would be out of your flipping mind to go back and earn a GED!</p>
<p>You are about to earn a BA! </p>
<p>No one will ask you for anything. You were home schooled. So, you are a high school graduate. If an employer asks you what high school you went to?! You say that you are a graduate of a home school course of study and went on to Community College for a while prior to University. </p>
<p>That is all. Employers might ask for your transcripts from University. They ask that big time where I live. You might, upon graduating University, just Xerox your diploma a couple of times over and attach it to your resume. But, that is it.</p>
<p>I had to register after finding this via Google. </p>
<p>I personally have a GED and even though I've worked at some odd jobs (fast food, gas station, a national ISP) have never been asked to provide proof that I have it. I even work as a DoD civilian and it never came up. </p>
<p>If they ask, just be honest and throw your degree in their face - they'll shut up.</p>
<p>Your homeschool can issue you a diploma. It won't be from an "accredited" high school, but there are other private high schools besides homeschools which are also not accredited. Applications don't usually ask if the high school was accredited, they usually ask for the name of the school and the town and state it was located in. Here is a link with a diploma template that can be used by homeschools: <a href="http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/articles/060303.htm%5B/url%5D">http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/articles/060303.htm</a>
If you graduated from your homeschool and moved on to college, you ARE a high school graduate.</p>
<p>Not to worry. No one will ever ask you for a copy of a high school diploma/transcript. It is good that you want to be honest; be assured that you ARE a "high school graduate," even if you didn't put on a cap and gown, walk across the stage, and receive a diploma. If you really want a diploma, print one up with the name of your homeschool. Frame it. Hang it on your wall. Then if anyone ever asks, you can feel more comfortable saying, "Yes, I <em>have</em> a high school diploma."</p>
<p>I never graduated from high school, falling a few credits short in my senior year, but I went on to a community college. I did not finish my course work there. Since I went 12 years to high school and two years to college, I always stated that I had finished high school. I am 53 years old, and have had many jobs. The last two jobs that I have held, both in sales positions for media, have required me to produce a high school diploma from 35 years ago! The companies both use a large outsource Human Resources firm. I went and got my GED. I would advise that you get it, if just as a backup. I think that the checks haven't been done consistantly in the past, but nowadays the big outsource firms make it their business to check.</p>
<p>Yes, but you never obtained a college degree. The OP is, which trumps the high school diploma anyway. A company won't insist on a high school diploma if you produce a college transcript. And of the dozens of jobs I have held, no one has ever asked me for my diploma. College transcripts have always been the only thing they needed, if anything.</p>