Customer Testimonials
We know that the GED® is a great educational option, but you don’t have to take our word for it, read these GED® success stories.
See what homeschooling parents and GED® graduates themselves have to say about their experience. Check our University page to see the admission requirements for the top-ranked universities in New Zealand and Australia for students with a GED® credential.
Kirsty Prewer, December 2024: “Just updating you to let you know that my son has been accepted into Otago University to study a diploma of theology. He showed them his SAT and GED scores and his NCEA L3 marks for Classical Studies and English.”
Zoë Donald, November 2024: “We have LOVED the GED. My son just needs to write Language and then we are all done…I love the way that the GED promotes critical thinking and understanding rather than parrot learning. Discernment is such a critical skill in the world we live in. Better than content any day of the week.”
GED® Success Stories
I completed my GED® and SAT in December 2015. I worked as an au pair in Switzerland and Belgium from 2016-2019. A high school diploma was required for work visa purposes in both countries.
I was accepted to study at three institutions in NZ in 2020: Massey University, Auckland University of Technology and Unitec. I chose to study a Bachelor of Business (Marketing) degree at Massey University. I am now employed in marketing at Air New Zealand.
~ Lucille Erwee, April 2020
Read Lucille’s GED & SAT success story
Kayleigh completed the GED and the the SAT and graduated from AUT in 2024 with a Bachelor Degree in Design (Communication Design).
For admission to a degree in Communication Design, she also needed a portfolio of artwork.
Besides one year of tuition with an art teacher in her early teens, she was home educated and her art was mostly self-taught.
Her applications were accepted by all 4 institutions to which she applied: University of Auckland, NMIT, Unitec and AUT, which is where she chose to study, starting in 2022.
My son, Zac, sat the GED and SAT (including two subject tests) in 2018 and was admitted to Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) at Auckland University. He is currently in his second year. It was a wonderfully flexible option for us.
I would highly recommend the SAT/ACT + GED option to university-bound homeschool highschoolers.
I should add that back in 2018 I helped another student use this option and he was offered places in both Biomedical Science and Engineering at Auckland University. Another student, daughter of a close friend, is taking this path this year too.
~ Rachel Turner, Auckland, October 2020
Justin’s Remarkable Journey
“I chose GED because it was what I needed to get into animation school.
The GED® prep was amazing! It was easy to progress through and really helped me prepare for writing my GED®.” ~ Justin Meyer, May 2020
After his GED, Justin completed a course in online animation studies at AnimSchool. Then, in 2021, he moved to Ohio in the USA and enrolled in Shawnee State University’s nationally ranked gaming engineering technology programme, where he earned academic honours on the President’s List. This requires achieving a minimum of a 4.0 grade point average. During his final year, he spent the last four months applying his skills as a student employee at the Ohio Technology Consortium (OH-TECH). During this time he single-handedly created a “Universe of Opportunity,” a virtual reality experience that offers tours of Ohio’s two- and four-year colleges, universities and technical centers.
John Strawn, communications manager at OH-TECH, who supervised Justin’s work on the VR experience is clearly extremely proud and impressed by his student’s work and what it achieves for the university: “The VR experience we showcased at the Ohio State Fair not only highlighted the diversity of Ohio’s higher education landscape but also served as a case in point that students in Ohio can directly contribute to impactful projects. Justin brought a maturity and professionalism to this project that was truly impressive. The level of commitment he demonstrated ensured that we could execute the VR experience at such a high level.”
The VR experience that Justin created was first introduced at the Ohio State Fair at the end of July. Strawn continued: “People at the fair were struck to learn that one student had done the work of an entire development team in just two and a half months.” Read the article that Ohio Technology Consortium published highlighting Justin’s remarkable achievement: Justin’s Journey
I have successfully completed my GED, thanks to the help of the online GED prep. My journey to completely my high school education has been quite tedious and I can honestly say that I could not have done it without Lime Feather Learning.
To anyone who is looking at using the online GED prep, it will be the best investment in yourself you could ever make. Thank you to all who helped assist me in completing my GED.
~ Abigail Rawlins, January 2021
My daughter Michaiah has completed the GED this year and just last week sat the ACT.
She is now all lined up to go to university if she wants (still deciding).
She may sit some SAT subject tests in December to broaden her options.
~ Rachel Turner, Auckland, October 2020
My son, Caleb, completed his GED® end of November 2018 and is enrolled at University of the People to do his BSc Computer Science.
My daughter completed her GED® in 2017 and is currently doing her BSc through University of the People.
This is her second term on Dean’s list which means her GPA is 3.5 and higher. Her marks, this last term, averaged 90%.
~ Clarissa Strickland, April 2019
My daughter Alexandra did the GED®/SAT combo. She is studying Nursing in Australia with the goal to become a midwife.
She could have entered the Honours Program for Nursing/Midwifery from the start at ECU with the GED/SAT combo, but due to financial constraints we opted for the University Pathways program.
~ Sandra T. , April 2019
My son finished GED® last year (2018). He is studying a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, through University of the People. He started in April 2019.
~ Renel Wagener, April 2019
My sons did their GEDs last year and they are studying animation through USA online animation schools: Animation Mentor and Anim School of Animation.
~ Chirani Meyer, May 2019
Liam just finished his first year at University of the People, BSc Human Sciences, (to go onto Medicine) on the Dean’s list. He achieved an average of 95% for the year.
~Deidre van Rooyen, April 2020
Thank you, Shirley, for your help and you have really helped us all. We have saved a lot with GED. Our son loved it – did well -going to study a teaching degree. Thank you, thank you so much. God bless you and your family too.
~ Tubby Davids, November 2019
Great excitement as we just heard that my daughter was accepted to study BA Psychology at Cornerstone Institute next year. This is her first step towards becoming an Art Therapist.
~ Hannelie le Roux, South Africa
September 2019
My son has been accepted to do BS Psychology at a college in the US. He also got a tennis scholarship. I don’t know where to start to thank GED®.
~ M. S. [name withheld on request]
April 2019
