<p>My GPA is 3.4+ but im homeschooled so it holds less merit
I plan on getting GED so I can go to college early. My SAT scores will probably be 1800-2000.and ACT will probably be 28 (I say probably because I will retake untill I get to that level).</p>
<p>Also for mods, this was posted in WAMC? I put this here because the app glitched and caused it to be in admissions and I dont want to be restricted.</p>
<p>Bump for answers.</p>
<p>Come on guys I need some help…</p>
<p>Google the “Common Data Sets” for your target schools. Look at Section C7 and see what the admitted students look like. You can estimate your own chances w/that info.</p>
<p>But it strikes me as typical CC irony/hypocrisy when you go around giving others your opinion on their chances which you seem to have great fondness of doing</p>
<p>How am I suppose to chance myself? I would give myself bias or not enough credit, I need an unbiased opinion on this. And btw you seem to have an unhealthy obsession with my grammar.</p>
<p>Ultimablade- You mentioned that you are planning to get a GED in order to attend college early. I don’t think it works this way. A GED is not a ticket to get into college early by skipping over the requirements to enter college. I know of some home schoolers who get a GED in order to attend a local community college. I don’t know if yours requires this. Some allow home schoolers to enroll as long as they meet the prerequisites.
The reason for doing this is not necessarily to get ahead, but to enrich their high school requirements by taking advanced classes that they can’t get a home- like chemistry or physics with laboratory, as I assume most people don’t have full science labs at home.
Every college in NC has entry requirements as does the state of NC for a high school diploma. To graduate from a home school high school and enter any college you must complete these:
[High</a> School Graduation (College Prep Diploma) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS](<a href=“NC DOA: Division of Non-Public Education”>NC DOA: Division of Non-Public Education)
Some of these can be completed at a community college, and some district high schools have dual enrollment arrangements and early college high schools that do exactly this. However, each program provides the required 4 year high school English sequence.
I am not an admission counselor, but I am fairly certain that getting a GED will not allow you to bypass the requirements and that without completing them, your chances of admission at any of these schools is zero.
However, if you complete the requirements, then you will be considered for admission. If you are able to dual enroll in a local community college, and you do well, this could possibly enhance your application by having an objective transcript to send to colleges, teachers who could write letters of recommendations if you need one, and also demonstrate to colleges that you are capable of handling college level work.</p>
<p>Thank you pennylane, this is all very confusing lol.</p>
<p>The GED was developed as a way for US soldiers who did not finish high school to get additional education. It’s main use is for people who have dropped out of high school and who want to go back to school and are too old to go back to high school. One consideration for accepting the GED is that these applicants are older, have some life experience, and may have a fund of knowledge from this that is at least equivalent to a high school diploma. However it is not a substitute for a high school age person’s formal education.
Consider that every college you apply to has a pool of applicants. They are going to choose from a majority of high school seniors with solid records, and some older, non traditional students who may come with a GED and some experience like serving in the armed forces and other jobs. Why would they choose a young high school age student with a GED over students that have a formal (home or public) diploma.
Furthermore, college readiness requires more than test scores. Plenty of middle schoolers test high on the SAT/ACT (Duke TIP students for example) but none of them could enroll in college from middle school, nor are they generally ready to. Test scores are an important part of the application, but they can’t bypass the other requirements.</p>
<p>I hope this helps. I understand that as a home schooler, this is not necessarily spelled out for you. Yet plenty of home schoolers are well prepared for college. Do you know any families who have children that have done this? Perhaps they show you how they made their plans and help you make a plan for your future college success as well.</p>
<p>Okay thank you again, it seems I would be better off staying in school and complete my required courses that way as I don’t plan on joining armed forces.</p>
<p>That is the original purpose of the GED, so you don’t have to only join the armed forces, but it may also apply to someone who dropped out, worked for many years and wanted to return. Still, this kind of applicant could be at a disadvantage if he or she has not demonstrated in some way to the college that they are capable of college level work. The GED isn’t a better way, it’s an alternative to the standard way. I think you’ve figured out that the best way for you is to stay in school. You can look into dual enrollment possibilities for home schoolers at your local CC.</p>
<p>"How am I suppose to chance myself? " How? If a school says that the avg for admitted freshmen ACT is 33 and yours is say, a 26: do you think you’ll likely be admitted?</p>
<p>What are you doing? You’re making dozens of replies to others “chance me” threads based on WHAT? You can’t compare your own stats to a set of published numbers??? C’mon. It’s work but that’s analysis.</p>