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By Charles Williams
Get Your GED in Chicago. Here's How:
Join the GED Study Group
This group supports each other in their work to get the GED certificate.
The GED, or General Education Development test, gives a person the chance to get a diploma equal to finishing high school. This is important because many employers and colleges require a GED or high school diploma.
In the GED test, students answer questions in subjects learned in high school. Studying for the test can take many months. The actual test could take a few hours or even all day!
In Cook County, Illinois, all information about the official GED test starts at the office of the Cook County GED Testing Program. Call them at 847-328-9795 for information.
Study For The GED. Take The GED.
Studying for the test and really taking the GED test are two different things. Many schools, such as the Chicago City Colleges, offer classes to study for the GED test. Please take these classes.
But the GED test is separate from the classes where people study for it. The classes may be free. But the test is separate and costs $50.
Taking the official GED test in Cook County, Illinois, for the first time, costs $50. This is a big clue that the test is official. Here's another clue: After paying $50, the official test is taken only in a classroom.
The Chicago City Colleges are a popular place to study for the GED. After the class is over, you will mail Cook County an application, request two test sites, and include a $50 money order.
Other places to get your GED will follow a different set of rules. Contact these if you can't apply through Cook County and the City Colleges:
- Wendy Jones, pretend@sbcglobal.net (cost $150)
Are you ready?
Some people wish they were ready but they aren't, really.
Find out if you are ready. These steps will lead you to your official GED.
Placement Test Dates
- Online at City College
- Traditional:
No City College dates til 2011
1. Placement. Will a person be "placed" in the group that will begin studying for the GED test? Or not? Take the placement test and find out.
2. Adult Basic Education. This is the group that will not study for the GED test just yet. Instead they will take reading and writing classes that prepares them for high school-level classes. When they finish these and the teacher says they are ready, they go to the next step.
3. GED Preparation. This is the group that will study for the GED test. They will spend many months in class.
GED Test Dates
1. Print application.
2. Fill it out.
3. Request test sites and dates.
4. Attach $50 money order.
5. Mail to Cook County.
4. GED test. The official GED test costs $50 and is separate from the classes described above. Some people will pass the test. Some people will need to study more and then pay up to $15 to take parts of the test again.
5. Official diploma equal to high school. This finishes the journey.
Once a person receives the GED certificate, they have acquired the equivalent to a high school diploma.
Got it? Get it!