| Today, many students are choosing to complete | | | | online college students may receive enough |
| their GED (General Education Diploma) rather than | | | | assistance to help pay for college so it isn't a burden |
| taking the time to finish a high school diploma. They | | | | on them or their family. |
| may choose a GED for personal issues like work or | | | | One of the great advantages that an online degree |
| family, or perhaps they want to begin college sooner | | | | can offer a GED holder is the ability to get trained in |
| than a high school diploma allows. Many students do | | | | a job or profession rather quickly. Most GED students |
| not want to wait until they are eighteen or nineteen | | | | are ready to tackle life, and that means holding a |
| years old to go to college. They may be ready for | | | | good job with earning potential that isn't merely |
| college long before a high school graduation will occur. | | | | minimum wage. At an online school, a student can |
| Many GED programs are run by the county or city | | | | choose from a number of skilled professions that |
| where a person lives, but there are more and more | | | | have very good salaries and benefits. For example, in |
| options for students to complete their GED in other | | | | just two years, an online student can graduate from |
| settings than in a regular classroom. Now, GED | | | | college with a degree in nursing or respiratory |
| students increasingly have the opportunity to | | | | therapy. Once the student passes the required state |
| complete their GED at an online school. Completing | | | | exams, they are on their way to a promising and |
| their GED at an online school means that the student | | | | fulfilling career. |
| has the freedom to work if they need to, and | | | | Some students may want to go to online college for |
| complete their class work on a schedule that is | | | | an education at the bachelor degree level because |
| convenient for them and their families. | | | | they want to enter a field that requires a four-year |
| Earning a GED from an online school offers other | | | | degree. GED holders can do that at an online school |
| benefits to students who are pursuing it. Being in an | | | | or college. Schools online offer bachelor and graduate |
| environment in which they must be responsible for | | | | degrees in many different fields, from business to |
| their school work on their own schedule is a good | | | | medical fields. There are even PhDs available in some |
| preparation for taking classes from an online college | | | | subjects online, so higher education is easily within the |
| or school. Since most GED students work full or | | | | grasp of all who want it. |
| part-time, online college may be the best venue for | | | | Finally, an online college degree can offer students |
| them to complete their post secondary education. | | | | who hold GEDs what they probably want the most |
| Like all college students, GED holders may need | | | | from their education: freedom and flexibility. Many get |
| financial assistance to pay for college. An online | | | | their GED rather than a high school diploma because |
| college offers basically the same financial assistance | | | | they want to be in charge of creating their own |
| opportunities as a regular college. An accredited online | | | | sense of being, without being tied down to someone |
| school is eligible for FAFSA (Free Application for | | | | else's schedule and rules. An online college may be |
| Federal Student Aid) dollars to help pay tuition or | | | | the ideal choice for these students, because the |
| other fees, so online students don't have to worry | | | | classes and learning schedule are done at the |
| that choosing an online school will cause them to lose | | | | student's convenience, leaving the freedom they |
| assistance money. By checking deadline dates and | | | | crave for other pursuits. |
| submitting all of the paperwork in a timely fashion, | | | | |