Online GED Students

For more information contact Jean Lilly at (828) 448-3117

Can I do everything online?

Orientation and testing sessions, GED testing registration, and the GED exams are only offered on campus.  However, all the instruction and study that would normally require you to attend class will be done online.

View some actual online screens to "experience" a GED distance learning environment. 

Find out if you are ready for Western Piedmont's GED online by exploring "interactive flashcards, chapter review quizzes, chapter outlines, glossaries, and more" GED level material.

Cost

The cost of the GED program is $7.50 payable when you register for your first official GED exam. There is no additional cost for working online!  In fact, you will save money by eliminating most transportation costs.

Orientation and Testing Place: Learning Lab, Moore Hall Room 206

Time and Dates: Call 448-3117 for more details

*How to become an Online GED student:

• Attend an Orientation and Testing session.
• Score at or near GED level in Reading.
• Be 18 years old and have a current NC Driver’s license or NC identification card.
• If you are not 18, we accept 16 and 17 year olds who have completed the minor’s admission procedure - call 448-3117 for more information about the admission of minors. You will need to bring a copy of the Application for Admission of Minors to Orientation.
• Access to a Windows based computer (at least running Win 98) to which you have the ability to download software. The public library WILL NOT work! They will not let you put any software on their computers.
• The computer mentioned above must have a stable Internet connection.
• You must have an e-mail address that is current and accessed regularly.
• Take the software and install it on your Windows based computer

*Online Requirements:

• Obtain at least twelve hours of online time in the first month to be officially registered
• Continue working at least six hours a week toward your goal of obtaining a GED
• When finished with a subject's units, you will take the online practice test and score 500 or better in the "timed" mode
• Contact Jean Lilly so your name can be added to the list of GED Online students who are eligible to register for the official GED Test
• Fill out the appropriate paperwork to register for the official GED Test at the Learning Lab
• Take the official GED Tests (you may take one, two, three, four, or all five  tests at a time, depending on your readiness)

Books

Do you have to buy a book?  You do not have to buy a book. However, there are excellent books by Contemporary, Steck-Vaughn, and others such as:  GED: The Complete Book, McGraw-Hill Contemporary Publishing, 2001 which can be found at http://shop.mhcontemporary.com. Try working online for a while and then deciding if you need a book.

Contemporary's GED: The Complete Book is all new for the 2002 GED exam This text is a complete and comprehensive study of all areas of the GED exam that provides hundreds of effective activities, engaging lessons, pre-tests, post-tests, and much more. The Social Studies and Science pre- and post-tests contain COLOR GRAPHICS to properly simulate the actual GED exam.

Location:  The GED Learning Center is located at the Jim A. Richardson Campus.

GED Learning Center Mailing address:

Western Piedmont Community College
GED Learning Center
1001 Burkemont Avenue
Morganton, NC  28655