Seeking Moms - Schertz,TX

Whatever option you choose, good for you for going back! It is never too late for learning. Good luck!

I'd talk to the colleges first and find out what they need. That way you'll do the amount of work you need and not extra. Good luck!

Homeschoolers who are in their high school years can enroll in college classes and it counts for both high school and college credit.

I think, you can enter a college with a good SAT score. You dont need to waste your time taking all those courses for a hs diploma- just get brushed up on your accademics and pass the SAT. Then enter Junior college. Once you finish 2 yrs of junior college, you can try to go for a university. The university will not look at your high school scores, but your JUNIOR COLLEGE test scores. Double check this but I blieve this to be true. This was in CA.

I would start with your local "alternative" high school. That is what they are called in my area. If nothing else they will be able to point you in the right direction. Kudos to you for wanting to finish your education and go to college. I wish you all the best, you can do it!

~I had a less than ideal childhood and was on my own at 15 and dropped out of H.S. after I finished 10th grade. I waited til I was 17 but I went back and got my diploma, not my GED and I went thru my local "alternative" HS.

ACTUALLY HON!!! (I'm too excited for you)

Happy Birthday & Merry Christmas!!!!

You don't need your highschool diploma!!!

Community colleges require HS diplomas for *graduation* (you can go ahead and register for classes without one) to be on file IF AND ONLY IF the graduation is/would have been within the past 10 years.

The actual reason being; highschools are only required to keep a copy of the diploma on file for 10 years. ALSO (from a purely practical perspective), what's required in highschool changes a yuge ginourmous amount every decade or so (like how to spell huge, and that enormous and giant aren't 1 word). On the forms, just write >10 years. If the ASK for your highschool diploma you just say it's been 15 years, 5 years past when the school is required to keep the document, and you don't have a copy. (All true). But honestly, for older students, they usually don't even ask. If it's a new employee they'll ask, but the seasoned ones know that past 10 years there's no legal requirement for one.

So whatcha do is this: Register for community college. Complete a 2 year "transfer degree" (either an AA or AAS or AS, that is geared to move seamlessly into the university). Transfer to the university. Graduate with that University's name on your diploma (there's no mention of it being a transfer degree... it's the same piece of paper for those who attend 2 or 4 years at their school. When you apply for graduation you apply for graduation. One of my cousins actually transfered in her senior year, so instead of Bates she has a Berkeley diploma. It's rare to transfer as a senior but more than HALF of all college graduates (on average, not true for every school) start as juniors via the transfer degree program.

You'll have to take placement tests for math and english when you go to community college. If you don't pass into a 100 level class... guess what? They have math 96/97/98/99 and ditto english 96/etc. (9h grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade). They're hard... since it's a year's worth of info in one quarter or semester... so they are NOT "fluff" classes (and they don't count toward your graduating credits)... but they will get you up to college level work.

FOR EVERY OTHER CLASS in the 100 level, the professors assume you have absolutely ZERO experience with it (especially science, which, when taught at all in highschool... is usually taught badly). They're all (100 levels) intro classes. The only "catch up" required is math and english.

SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!

You not only don't have to waste your time doing highschool, but you shouldn't. Go to college. Pass go. Collect $200.

Just work on testing high enough on the SAT to enter college. Talk to the colleges around you about entering without a high school diploma. Most will take your transcripts and a high enough SAT score. I left high school after 10th grade to go to college early (my high school refused to give me a diploma), and my husband dropped out of high school to follow the Grateful Dead, but we both have college degrees -no GEDs and no high school diplomas.

You know, you can do your own study at home, as in homeschool yourself. And, as you study, prepare for and take the CLEP tests. You can easily CLEP out of at least 1/2 of your college credit hours, probably more. Get it done quickly and cheaply. Then, focus on law school. Don't waste the years and time to do it the way most people do it. Such a waste of resources!

Hi- another good place to start is your local library. I don't know about TX, but here in CO they offer GED services, which you said you don't want, but the person who coordinates that program would be a good starting point and would likely know of your local options.

But mostly I wanted to say good for you- YOU GO GIRL!!

Call your local Board of Education-I'm not sure about Texas-but in Maryland-if you score high enough-you receive a MD high school diploma-not a GED. Also-once you reach this milestone-you will probably want to attend your local community college-saves money and you will be surprised what you see-people just your age. Not too long ago, the average age of a law school student at George Washington University Law School (DC) was 38! You will fit right in wherever you go! Good luck-I am pulling for you! My mom's friend didn't get her law degree until she was forty-and by then, I think she had 6 children!

Once you have a college diploma no one, likely not even you, will care that you have a GED and not a diploma. Focus on what you want to achieve in the end and get there as quickly as you can. I suggest it will be much easier to get a GED which will enable you to get started towards your Juris Prudence.

You can take classes at a juniior college in preparation for college before you have a GED. I suggest that you can probably get your h.s. diploma at the junior college but why spend the time doing so when you can start out with college level courses.

Good for you for looking ahead and setting goals..

You can go to college with a GED.

Lisa

You have gotten plenty of answers, but I just wanted to tell you congratulations for pursuing your goals and dreams. As long as you wake up each day you are given a new chance to take steps in the direction of your dreams. Nobody says it will all be easy but you can definitely do it. People with degrees are not the smartest people they are the most persistent people. Bless you and good luck.

I don't have an answer to your question. I just wanted to say...you can do it if you set your mind to it.

I honestly don't know the specifics of an actual diploma. But I do have a great friend who dropped out, got a GED and now has a masters degree and makes nice money :) My hubby actually dropped out and got his GED and went on to graduate college. He provides very well for us and I get to raise our kiddos :) All my sister in laws, I have 4, are home schooled and they just use their SAT scores to pursue college. Good luck, however you decide to pursue things!!! Good for you :D

My husband did not attend high school, got his GED scored well on SAT and entered college at age 24. He was accepted into pre-pharmacy program, but later changed to a business degree. That said, a GED is a type of diploma that will help you get into college. It's what you do in college that will determine whether you get into law school or not. And which college you choose is going to determine what type of law school you get admitted. Best of luck on pursuing your education!

I too had a similar situation and used this school. I highly recommend them. Also, a friend of mine used them for her daughter. Yes, it is a diploma, not a GED. Also, they have different class levels for people who intend to go on to college.

http://www.citizenschool.com/

I self taught and graduated with a highschool diploma. I was homeschooled from fourth grade on, so it was a natural progression for me. I did the schoolwork and then submitted my semester grades to a homeschool co-op that kept my transcripts and issued a highschool diploma when I finished. I sped through most of it, complete a year's worth of work in a few weeks time.

That said, if you don't mind having a GED it shouldn't affect your college and university work and by the time you're a lawyer likely no one is going to ask you where you graduated from highschool. But if that's important to you, as a homeschooler in TX it is legally a private school and you can come up with a name, like "Success Academy!"