r/AskReddit 9d ago

You can have 5000 of anything that starts with Y. What do you choose?

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u/smoothsensation 9d ago

GED is no different than just having a high school diploma. If the job only requires that, then your interview presence is far more important. Any college is going to take test scores more importantly as well. If you get a 1400+ on a SAT or a 30+ on the ACT you’ll get into most colleges you’d want to get into.

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u/Quazimojojojo 9d ago

And recommendation letters also help with college. My high school principal was an alumnus of the school I ultimately got into which definitely helped a lot.

There's a lot of little things that high school can help with. Depending on what you want to do. For some pursuits,a GED is probably fine. For others, high school is better

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u/Iwantmymoviesback 8d ago

I hear you. There's just no amount of money you could pay me to make me go through high school again. 😂 I maybe could do Jr college instead, and possibly I could manage to complete a 4 year degree. Maybe.

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u/Quazimojojojo 8d ago

I feel that. It would go differently because you'd bring a lot of maturity to it that nobody else has, but different things would go wrong.

You'd definitely be able to find a workaround though with the resourcefulness you developed since then