{"id":8853,"date":"2018-12-07T08:38:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/?p=8853"},"modified":"2019-02-06T16:11:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T23:11:26","slug":"ged-mythbusting-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/ged-mythbusting-video\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the GED Test? GED Mythbusting Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThe GED? What is that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, over 300,000 students took the General Education Development test to earn the equivalent of their high school diploma. For such an important and popular test, a lot of misconceptions exist regarding what getting your GED diploma can actually mean.<\/p>\n<p>We set out to bust common myths about the GED test in the most entertaining way possible: posing questions about the test to random strangers on a popular walkway in downtown Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video below for the whole story, and click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/testprep\/high-school-equivalency-exams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0for GED test prep resources.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0yg-mcw6r0g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>See also:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/college-application-essay-tips-for-students\/\">College Application Essay: Tips for Students (Video)<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe GED? 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