<p>I plan to complete a GED in summer of 2015 if all goes well. highschool diploma really isnt something i need to waste time on when i can just go to college so i can cut the crud and go to college 2 years early if i get GED (this really is the best option for me,im taking some college no matter what so my highschool status does not really matter from what i hear). im planning to go to junior college than to med school (or another graduate degree) but at some schools on their common data sets it says freshmen cant have GED's. but it says nothing about transfer students and their diploma/GED status. so does that mean you could go to med school or high ranking undergrad programs without even GED if you start a JC and get good grades? or does that mean us people with GEDs are basically jacked? of course all schools are different but im talking generally speaking. I believe that they would but i want to have that clarified. </p>
<p>I want to get into a state school for undergrad and UNC/wake forest for med school if it makes a difference.</p>
<p>Get a traditional high school diploma. I can tell by the way you write that you could benefit from further formal education, especially if you’d like to go to college. Not only will a GED preclude your acceptance at most elite universities (which is more important than people would like to admit), it will also serve as a permanent indicator to your employers and universities that you are a high school drop out–and will affect your chances for scholarships/employment/and college acceptance accordingly. Sorry, that’s the truth. Take it from someone who dropped out of high school and has a GED (with excellent test scores), it isn’t a true equivalent–even with excellent SAT scores and a perfect college GPA.</p>
<p>That being said, having a GED wouldn’t preclude you from getting into a low ranking (but reputable) college with a high acceptance rate, and–assuming you would do well there academically–a degree from such an institution with solid MCAT/GRE/LSAT scores and a high GPA would still get you into medical/graduate/law school. But without the formal educational background you would gain in high school, I think your chances of succeeding in higher education are dubious.</p>
<p>EDIT: I dropped out after the first semester of my senior year, so I essentially reaped all the benefits of a rigorous, formal high school education. This has allowed me to do exceptionally well in college, despite being a “drop out.” I also read nonfiction recreationally, which has proven to be of tremendous benefit when handling assigned college texts.</p>
<p>@dropout2012 thanks, im glad to hear from someone who has been down this path. im actually a freshman so i have 2 more years of study before i get my GED. but i get great scores on every class but i would like more training on subjects like English and Grammar (im pretty handy at the others).</p>
<p>im glad you told me straight out, thanks. i will study harder. but i believe that GED is the right (and only for reasons i would rather not put on the internet) option for me besides adult high school.</p>
<p>I do need to read more nonfiction as well. lol</p>
<p>I don’t know what you’re going through personally, but I dropped out for family reasons–so I understand that there are reasons beyond our control that have to be accounted for. If you want to message me, I would be more than happy to give advice on your situation, and share my own experience. </p>