Can someone go to college for an associates degree if they only have a GED?

Answer 1

Absolutely! You can start with your Associates and eventually get a PhD if you want to! A GED is equivalent to a high school diploma, and your options really aren't too terribly compromised with a GED as compared to a diploma. Of course, the higher your scores on the various tests, the better, and don't immediately set your sights on Harvard. You'll have to work slightly harder to prove yourself, especially at the beginning, depending on your ultimate goal.

I got my HSED, which is basically a GED plus a couple of career prep courses, shortly after I would have graduated from high school normally. Within a month I was accepted to a selective private college in Wisconsin. That school really wasn't for me, so I took some time off, worked, began "finding myself," had a child, and eventually made it back for my Associates. I did so well that I earned a full academic scholarship to transfer to the school of my choice to complete a Bachelors degree. I went to Massachusetts.

The rest of the story is long and probably boring, but the point is, you don't have to limit yourself to an Associates degree if you don't want to. A GED, on its own, doesn't preclude achievement of your most lofty academic or intellectual goals. For me, I really believe it was the best path. My GED test scores were excellent (all in the 99th percentile), but my record as an Associates degree candidate really set the stage for me to be able to study whatever I wanted in whichever institution of higher learning I wanted, in order to pursue my dreams. In the end, my GPA doesn't exemplify the depth and breadth of the learning I've done, but I've gone places with a GED that most people don't think possible. You can do the same!

Good luck!

Answer 2

Yes, a GED is adequate for getting into a community college, or junior college. A four year college or university may or may not accept an applicant with a GED. They can ask for several years of a foreign language in high school, high GPA, etc. However, they might take a GED if the person had other factors to make up for it. It would have to be a very interesting situation, though. Normally, with a GED you go to a community college and get an associates, then go on to a university or 4 yr. college.
Hope that helps.

Answer 3

It can be hard to get directly into a 4yr college with a GED, but its not usually hard to get into a community college. If an associates degree is what you want, then go for it. If you'd like to go beyond that, you'll need to take enough courses at the community college level (and do well in them of course) to prove that you can do college level work. You don't have to have an associates degree to pursue a bachelors degree. In fact, it can be a waste of time, because you may be required to take some courses to complete the associates degree that won't count toward a bachelors degree. Whatever you choose to do, good luck!

Answer 4

Of course they can. How do you think homeschooled children get into college? You will of course like everyone else have to take either the SAT/ACT if the college requires it, but absolutely yes, you can get into college with only a GED. I know a women who quit school in the 10th grade, got her GED years later, when she was in her late 30's and went to college and became a respiratory therapist.

Answer 5

Yes, a GED is equivalent to a high school diploma.

Answer 6

Most colleges yes, but Universities tend to be a little more strict.

Answer 7

Maybe, but I think it might be better to recieve a higher education

Answer 8

yes