Homeschooling parents often ask me about the General Equivalency Diploma, should they or should they not have their student take the GED? This can be a touchy subject, but the answer is pretty straight forward. Colleges and universities have a general bias towards those students with a GED certificate instead of a high school diploma. It really doesn’t matter the reason the student received a GED, whether homeschooled or not.
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Great questions today from Kristen on diploma vs. GED and naming your home school.
Can my child earn a diploma of some sort, or is the only option to have a certificate stating that he passed the GED?
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