Can I get a High School Diploma after getting my GED and Associates?

[IReallyNeedADegree]

IReallyNeedADegree is German and wants to go to a European university. If there is anything worse than a GED in Europe, it's a homeschooler's diploma. Homeschooling is absolutely not a thing in Europe and is literally illegal in many countries.

Ich bin verwirrt... IReallyNeedADegree, you need to have an action plan... Even if you're in a European country, you want to tell us exactly what the use of the high school diploma is for. It seems you're likely trying to go for another Bachelors degree in a European country? Well, what 'highly selective' universities are you contemplating on applying to? Have you decided to go for another Bachelors or a Masters will do? As I said, I re-read your previous two threads and I am still a bit confused.

Sorry for not answering to your messages, I have simply not seen them as this whole forum thing is new to me and to be honest I dont even know how to use it properly as I don't get a pop up or notification when someone answers to my threads or answers. I am sure that there must be such a feature but I am simply to blind to see it. Now to the answer: Yes homeschooling is illegal here in germany so thats not an option for me although I bet that if you are american they would accept it as long as you have the associates.


Now to my story and the plan I have that you guys asked about. In 2020 dropped out of german high school while being in 11th grade because I got extremely ill and therefore couldn't continue school, then the pandemic began, online schooling was a thing but I had to get treated so I essentially could forget going to school for that year. 2 years later my family decided to begin the relocation process to the US, meaning getting job offers, the visas needed and looking for a home. Meanwhile I tried going to school again in another school but didn't like it. I got Ill again and tried going to school again at another school as an 11th grader in 2022, I honestly disliked the thought that I lost 2 years and I will only get my Abitur (german high school diploma) in 3 YEARS. I knew I didn't want to waste my time sitting in class with kids that I honestly have nothing in common with as I am a little bit too old to understand their tiktok trends. I knew I had to find another way, and since we are moving to the US I thought I could ask family members that live in the US about my situation, they were the ones telling me that the GED is a thing.
Some months down the line I accidentally stumbled upon degree hacking because I researched degrees that have a good ROI as I was unsure whether or not to go for medicine, law, aviation or banking. I got a video recommendation on youtube and went down the degree hacking rabbit hole. After watching more and more videos I saw a comment about this forum and tried to find it which was kind of hard not going to lie.
Then I researched how I could quickly gain the ability to even enroll in college as I hadn't finished my education in germany and we could move anytime soon. I didnt want to waste more time so I took my GED. After taking it I heard that our relocation plans got delayed and we had to stay longer in germany at least til the end of 2023 and as I said earlier I didnt want to lose more time. I decided that business it my thing so I thought about going to college here in europe and maybe transfer when we move to the US. I researched good universities to land a good job in finance and figured out that one of the most important things in finance especially here in europe is where you went to University. Around then I figured that simply getting a degree fast isn't enough it needs to come from a well known, respected college since finance people are
elitists and to be honest it would be easier for me to break into the career field that I want here in germany and then just ask my employer to send me to an us office of them. So I researched what I need to be admitted to some good Universities here in Europe namely University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, University of Frankfurt, University of Munich, University of Zürich, Erasmus Rotterdam, Copenhagen Business School and Stockholm School of Economics. Most of them only accepted an official High School Diploma in combination with specific AP courses or a 2 years Associate of Arts or Sciences to be admitted. I was fine with that because after being Ill for so long and wasting my time and potential I wanted to shoot for the stars and atleast attend a top 40 University for my preferred majors (finance,business admin., economics). Many of them do not accept you for a bachelors if you already have one and to be honest I want the brick and mortar experience because being Ill was very lonely and I feel disconnected from people my age. Thats why I want to get the HSD and the AA/AS as fast as possible.
I want to make up some of the lost time and attend a top institution for my bachelor, I networked pretty hard and through sheer luck I managed to find a mentor that taught me as long as my profile is impressive enough getting a masters would just mean that I lose out on valuable time.