GED myth busting

You can take a test up to three times in a calendar year.  That means you can take for example the social studies test up to three times between January 1st and December 31.  Once you have exceeded your three attempts you will need to wait until the following year to take the test again.

Your scores do not disappear or become invalid after a year.  If you have taken the GED tests since 2002 your scores are still valid.  The GED Testing Service is currently updating and making changes to the series of tests.  But don't let this worry you, we will give you ample notice to the changes and if you are currently taking the tests there is no reason to doubt that you won't finish before this current series of tests become invalid.

No you cannot get your GED online or take a computer test.  Although GEDTS is currently looking into computer based testing.

The writing test is not the hardest test.  No one test is designed to just utterly demolish any test taker.  Every test is constructed to evaluate the general education of the test takers.  Depending on one's ablities and strengths some tests are easier and others are more difficult.

No we cannot give you scores or tell you how you did on the test over the phone.  If you want to know your scores come into our GED office with a picture ID and we will be more than happy to print you a score report.  It doesn't matter if your dear Aunt Sally got her scores over the phone or if your classmate Joe got his-the truth is that it probably didn't even happen, because it shouldn't.  We here at Randolph Community College take the privacy and security of our students and test takers seriously.

If you have a question or a doubt let us know we are more than willing to answer them.