Taking the GED; New blog from Career Services

How can you register for the GED?

You’ve decided to enroll at IHE, but you have one problem:  you never finished high school.  You still can apply to IHE if you pass the GED, the General Education Development test.  The American Council on Education develops this test, which is designed to see if the test takers have high school level academic skills.  The GED is not online; it is a paper-and-pencil test.  Most of it is multiple choice, but there is an essay section.

The GED is offered at many test centers.  You can register to take the test at the Jersey City Employment & Training, 525 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302.  The center’s phone number is (201) 631-6348.  Registration is every Monday between 4:30 and 8:00.  In order to register, bring two forms of ID, including a state photo ID, such as a driver’s license, and something that proves that you live in New Jersey, such as envelope that was mailed to you.  Registration also requires a fifty dollar money order (no cash or checks).

This testing center requires that you take the test there over the course of two Tuesdays and two Wednesdays.  During the first session, which will be on a Tuesday, you will begin the GED with the writing skills section, which includes multiple choice questions and an essay.  The next day, you will take the social studies and reading sections.  The following Tuesday will be for the science section, and the next, last day will be for the math section.  You can use a calculator for some but not all the math questions.

To find out more about the GED, visit the American Council of Education’s website at http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=GED_TS.  This page will tell you more details about the GED and offer practice questions, and allow you to find other testing centers in case you do not want to go to the one in Jersey City.

Job Search Tips

The library is not the only department at IHE with a blog.  The Career Services Department has Job Search Tips (http://deborah-httpwwwcnncom2011living0105.blogspot.com/).  The first installment includes suggestions for learning about new career opportunities.