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How to Obtain Your High School Diploma After So Many Years

Obtaining your high school diploma, after so many years, will allow you to move ahead in your life. Go on to college? Apply for a better job? Have more to talk about? All of these will become accessible once you obtain your diploma. No matter how many years have passed since leaving the formal education process, the personal satisfaction of having your diploma is worth the application.

An issued picture identification (such as a state driver's license, U.S. passport or a Certificate of Naturalization)
Fee required

Instructions

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  If you left high school without your diploma, you may return to earn it later.
  
  Go to your local high school. See if they offer an adult education program that includes a class to earn your diploma. Find out the details, as some states only offer this option up to age 21.
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  Try an online class and graduate with others.
  
  Take an online class. Earn your diploma in the comfort of your own home.You may do this either by correspondence courses or you may enter into a virtual classroom online.You are required to be at least 16 years old, but then the sky is the limit. Check the resources made available here for choices of schools to attend.
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  Write your own future, complete the past.
  
  Earn your GED -- General Educational Development Test -- as another option. You must be 19 years or older and have not graduated from high school. Locate a testing center in your area by going to the following link -- http://www.acenet.edu/resources/GED/center_locator.cfm -- and entering your ZIP code. Call or go into the center to make an appointment to take the test. Have an issued picture identification to bring with you.

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