Is it normal i not sure how to get an education?

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I tried signing up for a college recently. They said they need my SAT/ACT scores. I avoided taking this test since my grades started dropping and I was not learning anything at all at the new HS I attended. I had proficient test scores and straight Bs and actually felt like I was learning before we moved.

After graduation at 18 I got kicked out by my dad. I not really been able keep a steady job or really get interviews no matter how many apps I put in and I even have training now. I was going to try and get an education at a college but I dont think ill do good on SAT/ACT and forgotten most of the stuff I learned.

Its been a few years since I was in school. School and training is a requirement for most jobs now a days but to get into school you have to show your worth letting in. Is there any free educational tools for teaching people after HS if they went to a terrible HS? By the time I graduated most of the class could not read. The school said its normal and most kids cant read by graduation. Why would a college want any of these people if they cant even read a book!?

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  • WonderGuy0103
    9 years ago

    GED is always an option, and then there is community college. Don't let the social stigma of CC discourage you. I was a high school drop out, had to get a GED, go to community college, and then in the end graduated summa cum laude from a 4 year university. Just want it, and go for it.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      9 years ago

      I have a diploma

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    9 years ago

    Google community colleges and adult education programs that offer GED courses. Take the course, pass it, get your GED.

    Apply for a Pell Grant at fafsa.gov. Put down your local community college. Bam, government pays for two years of education if you're below middle class. Some states offer grants in addition that you get automatically signed up for. Even with just the Pell Grant, now your books and classes are paid for. Get an Associates or trade certification, go to work.

    Along the way, you will come across opportunities to do more than the basic stuff I'm telling you to do. I'm just telling you what to do to get started. I'd recommend you enroll in a CC (it's free and pretty easy, just going on the website and enrolling is good enough to get you started and there's no obligation), make an appointment with a counselor, get more specific advice. Not that hard. Just paperwork. I did it all myself when I was 18=

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  • KeepsakeDoll
    9 years ago

    I think you can get a GED.
    You'll basically have to take some sort of test, and if you pass you'll get something that's the equivalent of a college diploma.
    Anyway, google GED since I'm not that knowledgeable about it.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      9 years ago

      Do they let you take GED if you already have a diploma?

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      • KeepsakeDoll
        9 years ago

        Oops, sorry. Had my info mixed up. GED is for highschool. I apologize.

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      • NeuroNeptunian
        9 years ago

        No. Just go to a community college. Once you finish a two year degree transfer plan, only the GPA you got in CC will count for the university.

        You'll take an assessment in CC so they'll put you in the appropriate classes. The fact that your high school sucks or you sucked in high school doesn't matter once you've done the two years at CC.

        A lot of CCs offer programs for free for individuals who have difficulties reading. You can do this while taking classes. Just ask.

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago

    It seems you have made some horrible choices in your past, but you don't seemed to have learned anything.
    You have the internet available to you. I suggest you begin right now and try Google for answers to your questions, if you are serious. You certainly will not get better information here.

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