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Thanks for All Your Help.

Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2009 @ 5:48 pm in GED Students, Success Stories | No Comments »

Name: Ricky
Age: 38
City and State: San Antonio, Texas
I just wanted to say thanks for all your help. Passged.com is excellent. Thank you. I had problems in math, spelling. 1 time I failed my test, I read my passGED book and studied and passed all my tests. My goal was to get my GED and go [...]

The GED Was My Ticket to College

Posted: Monday, October 12th, 2009 @ 6:50 am in College Bound!, GED Students, Success Stories | 1 Comment »

Name: Andrew
Age: 17
City and State: Las Vegas, Nevada
What motivated you to get your GED? I dropped out of high school at the end of tenth grade, but you could say I dropped out the first day of the ninth grade. I didn’t have the motivation or anyone to push me to do my work, I [...]

I Dropped Out of High School…

Posted: Monday, July 20th, 2009 @ 8:34 am in College Bound!, Staying Motivated, Success Stories | 11 Comments »

Name: Nina
Age: 17
State: Rhode Island
What motivated you to get your GED? I dropped out of school at the age 16 as a freshman. I stood home all day doing nothing. I didn’t even want to work. One day I woke up and I told myself this isn’t what I wanted. I wanted to have BIG [...]

I Passed My GED! A Big Thank You!

Posted: Monday, July 20th, 2009 @ 8:01 am in College Bound!, GED Students Around the World, Success Stories | 1 Comment »

Name: Zaher
Hello everybody at GED Academy,
I have passed the GED exams and got an average score of 518. Your course has helped me a lot and I would never have passed the GED without this awesome help.

Now I’ll be able to start college.

Posted: Sunday, May 17th, 2009 @ 10:35 am in College Bound!, GED Math, GED Students, Success Stories | No Comments »

Name: Joshua
Age: 23
City and State: Austin, TX
What motivated you to get your GED? I obtained my GED because I was tired of dead end retail jobs. I knew the only way to live the life I wanted to was to get into college.

I thought there was no way I could pass my GED…

Posted: Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 @ 6:57 am in College Bound!, GED Math, GED Students, Success Stories | No Comments »

Name: Melissa
Age: 31
State: Texas
What motivated you to get your GED? After working in a restaurant for so many years, I finally realized that this is not the career I wanted. I wanted to be a successful business woman. As I got older, I got wiser about what kind of life style I wanted. Fast food [...]

The GED takes commitment, determination and pride to accomplish.

Posted: Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 @ 9:37 am in After the GED..., English Language Learners, Is the GED Test Hard?, Staying Motivated, Success Stories | No Comments »

I hope you’re all doing well with your studies, and staying focused on success. Each one of us studying for the GED exam share a common bond, we all have intense determination, fierce pride, and the unquestionable ability to accomplish our goals.
I can relate to how desperately everyone wants to succeed, and how passionately everyone [...]

I made it!

Posted: Thursday, December 4th, 2008 @ 3:53 pm in College Bound!, English Language Learners, Success Stories | 9 Comments »

Name: Anita
I’m very proud of myself to come this far. When I came to the United States I only had 7th grades of education, and English is not my first language. I didn’t graduate high school, because my parents were very poor, they couldn’t afford to send me to school. I was very embarrassed to [...]

A GED Success Story

Posted: Sunday, November 16th, 2008 @ 1:13 pm in College Bound!, Learning Disabilities, Staying Motivated, Success Stories | 1 Comment »

Name:      Serenity
Age:      19
City and State:     Springfield, MA
I had studied off and on with your programs for a few months, until I thought I was ready. Then I went and booked the test. I tried my best to study during the busy months, and when the time came I definitely felt more confident [...]

I did it.

Posted: Monday, October 20th, 2008 @ 10:24 am in Children and Families, Staying Motivated, Success Stories | No Comments »

Name:      Dorothy
Age:     53
City and State:     Tucumcari
Well, a few years ago, I decided to go and get my GED. It was hard for me, I failed a couple of times in different areas of the test. I really wanted to give up. It seemed like the more I tried the more badly I [...]