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Congrats... I also got my GED in 1997. I 'm currently at a local community college receiving a great education. I would suggest looking at a community college because they will better prepare you for a university. Go on-line and fill out the FAFSA then summit it to the college you want to attend.
There are colleges that will accept you.
With just a GED, you will want to focus on your local community college. You do not need SAT scores or anything to get in. Do your first two years at a community college (smart move anyway, it is MUCH cheaper). Then you can transfer to a 4 year college. Most community colleges have transfer agreements with state universities (and sometimes private colleges). Some of them have special scholarships available as well.
The criminal justice field is pretty huge. Anything specific?
GED recipients have just as much success, if not more, of getting into college. Usually GED recipients are more mature, since they are usually older, and that makes for a more responsible student. Take the necessary tests like the SAT or ACT (SAT is better, more institutions use it than use the ACT). Criminal Justice degrees can be gotten at local community technical colleges if you don't want to be a lawyer. If you want to be a lawyer, you'll have to go get a 4 yr degree (BA or BS) in a degree that will help get you into law school. Business, Finance, History, Pre-Law programs, and others that can be recommended to you through your advisor. Then you'll have to take the LSAT to see if you can go directly to get your Juris Doctor degree. Your grades when you get your four year degree will also be taken into account. If the law school feels you need more work in grad school, they will require at least 2 years of grad school, after which you will probably need to take the LSAT again (not 100% sure how long you can use the first LSAT's scores. Some tests give you a four year leeway, but law might be different). If your grades were good, you would then apply to law school and hope they accept you.
Law school and being a lawyer aren't what you think they will be. Most law schools teach you to watch the bottom line, which is money. They take idealistic people who want to help others and turn them into greedy, amoral machines. (I have three lawyers in my family and would have had one more, but he took his first couple weeks of classes and dropped out. He figured out right away that, if you have idealistic goals and humanitarian goals, that law is the last thing you want a degree in. Unless, of course, you want to teach law.)
If you want a career in the police force, sometimes you can go to a tech school or community college and get your 2 year certification. Then you'd be eligible to either start police adademy or likely get work as a corrections officer.
If you are hoping to be a paralegal, it would be better to become a lawyer. Paralegals and lawyers both work similar hours, but a lawyer eventually get to work a 60-80 hour week and a paralegal will almost always have a 100 hour week. It's like comparing a doctor to a nurse. Nurses and doctors are taught the same things, but the doctor has a different degree and gets paid more for fewer hours while the nurses do the grunt work. It's that way with paralegals. Basically, you'd be doing all the grunt work.
You could also get a master's degree in library science and information technology if you want to be a legal librarian. You'd need to take some courses in law to be able to become familiar with the books lawyers need to reference. I almost did this, myself, but I got to where I couldn't work anymore.
Another thing you could do is become a mediator. I think you only need a law degree to become one. Basically, you are the middle man between two different people or groups and you decide what the result should be. For example, in a divorce you would decide who gets alimony, property, etc and the people who are getting divorced have to abide by your decision. So it's almost like being a judge, but you won't be dealing with criminal cases, you'd be dealing with small claims court issues or other lawsuits which won't require someone being sent to jail.
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You shouldn't have a problem. It is true that you might be at a slight disadvantage compared to high school diploma students, but it is very minor, and if your scores are good it will be ok.
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