Is there an equivalent certification to the GED for bachelor's degrees? If so, where do I find it!?

Question

There should be a way to measure and be credited for years of home study. I'm a better historian than ANY grad I know!

I am not claiming to be better than a MA or PhD in history, but I AM 54 and have studied history as an avocation for 40 of them. Other concerns have prevented me from going back to school, primarily being that a BS or BA in history qualifies one to flip burgers. Without the advanced studies, there is insufficient pay-off at my age. BTW, while I WAS in college, the major was physics. I could do the science then.

Answer 1

Good answer Robert D! I work at a university and I know for sure there is no such thing. You are possible to test out of classes, but most of the times that will cost you too. In my university there is a $5 fee per credit hour. An average class will have 4 credit hours, so you have to pay $20 per class. But again, that will not give you a full degree, you will have to attend college classes at some extent.

Answer 2

What level grad are you speaking about. I doubt you are a better historian than most of the students that I know in my foundations of education program. Perhaps you are better at history than other high schoolers? Then again, history is only a piece of the puzzle. Everyone in college has to take math and science!

You can either choose the GED which is an honorable exam or you can also contact a local community college or a correspondence course like PDCI (I think that is right) and see if you can test either for a high school degree or you could talk to your community college about testing out of college classes. Anything is worth trying. Ultimately, Christian schools are far more accepting of homeschoolers at this time. It is getting better BUT......still a ways to go for homeschoolers.

I re-read your question and would like to add that there is no university equivelence degree. You can try to test out of classes but, as far as I know, no university will let you test out of more than 60 credit hours or so. And, save for a couple of diploma mills that are fraudulent and can cost you your job and money (because there are fines for committing fraud on applications). If you are so smart, youshould have no problem going to a real college, test out of some classes that you can (CLEP exams are one example).

Again Good luck......I would question your true intelligence if you believe you are better than those who have advance degrees and advanced research backgrounds in history. I wonder even how much primary resource history you have examined?

Answer 3

Nope. You need to go to college. If you are lazy to go to college, try to consider at least an online degree.