Tuesday, November 22, 2011

How to Prepare For the GED With Practice Exams

By Lisa Singer


If you didn't finish high school, and many individuals just don't whether due to family obligations, life obstacles or a number other reasons, you may find yourself at a disadvantage when it comes to career and earnings. If you're looking to make a change and up your earning potential and maybe you're your ability to find at job at all, you may want to pursue earning a GED degree. To earn a GED you will need to take and pass an examination. As a way to increase your chances, you will want to practice and study prior to taking an exam. There are ways to practice and places you can go to purchase practice tests.

A GED examination tests you in various areas of proficiency that would have been covered in high school examinations. These areas of proficiency include, math, science, social studies, reading, language arts and writing. Most of the examination sections are multiple choice, but there are essays involved in the writing and even the language arts section.

Seeking out a GED practice exam is a great way to increase your chances of success when you're taking the actual examination. GED practice tests simulate the real exam in that they offer questions in the same format that the exam will be given. You will be able to take practice exams to determine which areas you need to concentrate your studying efforts in to achieve success. The score needed to successfully pass a GED is set at a level comparable with the scores of exams taken by graduating high school seniors. You will need to earn at least 410 in each of the examination parts and achieve an overall GED score of 2,250 to pass.

There are online courses you can take to improve you proficiency before you sit for the GED examination. The program that you choose to prepare with for the examination should offer you comprehensive materials to help you study and prepare for the exam. It should also provide you with practice examinations. Books are available for practice studies at either the library or bookstores as well and should contain practice tests and questions. If you feel you'd learn better in a classroom setting there are GED prep classes you can sign up for at a local high school or community college to help you prepare for the test.

While it certainly might have been easier to have simply finished high school and received your diploma, there are some instances when it is simply impossible to do that. Life and obligations sometimes get in the way of completing high school but the GED offers a chance to earn a diploma to help you enhance your earning potential.




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