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

[rachel83az]

Since I was only going by this particular thread, I'm just going with what I read here.

I did not mean that a non-US citizen should create a homeschool diploma, I meant that a US Citizen might be able to create one.  Obviously, you can't have a US homeschool diploma if you're not a US citizen (and that goes without saying).  Of COURSE you should not do something that is illegal in your country - DUH!

Yet, you doubled down when I mentioned that IReallyNeedADegree is not American - reiterating your suggestion to make up a diploma.

Now, I'd also like to say that if you create a thread here, you should not assume that someone has read every other thread you've ever written, and knows your life story.  You should really assume that they ONLY are reading this thread, and they only have as much info as you put in THIS thread.  I only read and am commenting on THIS thread, and am assuming that a person getting their GED because they did not graduate from high school IN THE US because that's all I can really glean HERE IN THIS THREAD.  It would not occur to most people here in the US that someone from a foreign country is going to get their GED here in the US, because that would not make a lot of sense.  But to act as if I'm deficient in some way because I don't automatically know that this is not a US citizen is kind of strange.

I don't know if it's because you've had a long week at work or what, but you did post twice suggesting that IReallyNeedADegree should just make up a homeschool diploma.

Even if IReallyNeedADegree were American, making up a homeschool diploma is really terrible advice for someone who wants to study in not-America (abroad). I would have to double-check to be sure, but I think that the US is the only (First World) country that has both compulsory schooling and allows homeschooling. Trying to get into an international university with a homeschooling diploma is, at best, going to be difficult. It's more likely akin to asking the student to ride to the moon on a bicycle. It's not happening.

GEDs have more acceptance, but they're still of dubious merit to someone who wants to continue their education in Europe. For Americans, Anabin (Germany) does NOT recognize a GED as anything but eligibility to complete the final 2 years of German high school at Gymnasium. A 100% legit HS diploma from an in-person school might be allowed to enter a German university, but possibly not. A better course of action is usually the one that IReallyNeedADegree is attempting: 1-2 years of American university, then transfer to a European one.

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@IReallyNeedADegree, I would double-check with the universities that you want to attend. From my research, you shouldn't even need an AA or a HS diploma. You just need a GED (which you have) plus 1-2 years of American university credits. You may "lose" about a year, though, depending on the school and its policies. I.E., transferring to another American university with 60 RA credits should put you at the beginning of the 3rd year of a 4-year degree. In Europe, you might have to start at the very beginning of the first year or maybe in year two.

European universities (and most American ones) do not allow you to move quickly.

I don't suppose you also speak Italian? If you did, the Roman university has a couple of Bachelor's degrees (laurea triennale) in Business. I think you can do them online. https://www.international.unitelmasapien...cs-italian

Another possible suggestion, though I admit that it's weird and may not work:

1. Sign up for a Business Bachelor's degree in the US from TESU. Use free XAMK credits and maybe some ASU Universal Learner credits to prove eligibility, despite your age.
   
2. Transfer in everything you can from Sophia. All the business courses you can, plus the courses with 2 or fewer Touchstones. You should have ~100 US credits. 
   
3. Take your TESU enrollment as eligibility proof and go over to ENEB. Obtain at least one of their Master's. 
   
4. Titulo propios do not count as degrees in the academic world - so take those ECTS (and the XAMK/ASU credits, if any) and use them as proof of being eligible for studies at the university of your choice.