Larger Sessions for GED Test Planned

     October 18 and October 24          

             The time to finish up your GED is now!  In response to high demand for adults hoping to finish their GED test before the end of the year, Jackson Community College will offer two special test dates, Thursday, October 18, and Wednesday, October 24, with space for up to 100 people each.

Adults who have started the General Educational Development test to receive a high school diploma will want to finish this year before a new test is offered in 2002.  The GED is comprised of five tests -- writing skills, social studies, science, literature and the arts, and mathematics - that may be taken in any order.  Passing scores from tests taken in the past are still valid, but only till December 31. 

Test-takers who begin the test at these times should be able to finish before the end of the year.  Mary Ann Rainey, non-traditional student coordinator at JCC, said she has had such an overwhelming response from GED test-takers that she has had to turn people away.  JCC offers the GED test on Wednesday evenings at the main campus and Fridays at the Michigan Works! Office downtown. 

The GED test will be offered during the morning on October 18, with registration at 9 a.m. and testing beginning at 10 a.m.  The October 24 date will be in the late afternoon and evening, with registration at 4 p.m. and test taking at 5 p.m.  Tests will be given in the Federer Rooms in the George E. Potter Center.    For more information, contact Rainey at (517) 796-8454.

               Jackson Community College [787-0800 ext. 8303] also offers a computer-based interactive GED preparation program with an instructor.  Program hours are flexible in order to fit your schedule and the lab is available during the entire year.

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