Fit...help Please

[ChiciisMe]

Hey, thanks for any type of help first...

I have a situation. Many schools say they accept students with GEDs but Im not really so sure. My mom wants me to get a GED. I personally dont have it in my head to be my first choice. But Im having problems in my school (not academic related). She just wants me to get the GED so I can have a high school education some way. ps. im only 16 yrs...i was suppose to graduate this year..but to all the problems and issues my attendence was disgusting

Now I looked at the GED testing and I know can get a excellent score on this. Without a doubt!

Im fully not out of the NYC BOE...system yet because Im still deciding. My dream school is FIT. I want to go into Fashion Merchandising. But Im scared that I will get rejected because of the GED. Even though they say they accept it Im too scared...

I know its worth the try but I was wondering any FIT students or people who knows how FIT accepts they're students.

PLEASE HELP...THANks

[Meloncov]

Wait, you're worried about not graduating at sixteen?

Even if they do, at times, accept GED students, I'm sure it is a disadvantage during admissions.

[rossipoo]

Wow, i actually talked about this with my friend today. My friend is currently taking her test and getting her GED by the end of this year. She's a junior in highschool, She's going straight to a community college.(Not art related).

Then i asked my friend if that was a good idea. She said no and it is risky. I thought of taking the GED myself today, i am 16 as well. But then i thought to myself, i'll be giving up a lot. Because next year ( Senior), I can boost up my GPA and when i apply to college = Possible scholarship money, More Grants, More loans, looks better.. etc. So i decided not to take it.

[RyerOrdStar]

What's a GED?

Why not just finish high school well? Colleges accept based on grades (for non art portfolio programs) and if someone can't finish high school with a decent average how are they going to fare in college?

And anyways what's the rush? Plenty of people graduate high school at 18 and they're better off for it. Some people buckle down in their final year and pull off amazing feats of turn arounds, pulling their averages up from Cs to As. If I really wanted to have a career in ____, I'd start by doing well in high school. That's where you learn work ethic and persistence, and that will only help you in college.

[Meloncov]

What's a GED?


General Education Diploma. It's a diploma that is given based on a test that is theoretically equivalent to a high school diploma.

[edds_bestfriend]

um...what?
so why do you want to graduate so early? whats the rush and is there like a specific reason to do so? why don't you just finish high school...i mean, it may be your dream to go to FIT now, but in one year everything can change.

anyways. i don't understand your problem. if a school says they will accept GEDs then they will accept GEDs. are you worried that it won't look as good as a high school diploma?

i do say that you be careful about graduating early though because maturity is a big deal and schools look for that and typically people at the age of 18 tend to be more mature and ready for college. (whether you are or not i dont know)

anyways, im rambling and making assumptions...so...what exactly do you want to do here?

[Candy Rain]

Maybe I'm completely mistaken, but I always thought of GEDs as something for high-school dropouts who years later realized they needed some sort of diploma to get a higher-level, higher-paying job.

That said, if you're bound to graduate this year anyway....that's what, a couple of months' wait, maximum? If you're that close, why choose a GED over an actual diploma?

Or is it that your attendance has disqualified you for graduating this year? (I'm a little confused) Are you suffering from bullying? Depression? I have no idea whether getting a GED would be healthier for you since I don't know if your attendance problems were based on external or internal factors.

One thing you might want to look into: some colleges have a program where you will get a high school diploma once you get your bachelor's degree. Not sure how it works exactly, but you could call up FIT and ask about that, as well as their view on GED students' chances of enrolling.

[Noah Bradley]

Alternate plan: community college.

Community colleges don't really care about high school diplomas (at least I don't think most of them do), and once you have a college transcript, when you apply to transfer to an art school they really won't care what you did in high school. I was home schooled and thus have no high-school diploma and I'm here in RISD just fine after going to a community college for a while.

(Fun fact: you can buy (legit) high school diplomas online. They're for home schooled people)