From GED
Enrollment to College Ready
Marisol Del Carmen Alcorta enrolled
in the Corporate and Community Education (CCE) - General Education Diploma
(GED) course at Palo Alto College during the Fall of 2013, passed the official
GED exam in the Spring of 2014 and is now enrolled and currently taking
Pre-Nursing courses here at PAC.
Although Alcorta was homeschooled
for two years during her high school career and continually studied on her own,
she never officially completed the homeschool program, which left her without a
Diploma. But she knew she wanted to attend college, stating, “When I turned
sixteen I was intent on going to college and I wanted to get in as soon as
possible.”
So, when inquiring about college
courses here at PAC, she was referred to the CCE Adult Learning Academy to
assist her in obtaining her GED. Alcorta stated, “[The GED program] helped me
not only to feel more confident about taking the test, but it also allowed me
to interact with others and through group activities and working with partners
it gave me a hint of what college is all about.”
The GED program now includes an
8-week college preparation course, which provides a foundation for the various
skills needed in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics for the college entry exam
(TSI). Students will also receive a TABE and Accuplacer assessment, along with
the tools needed to excel in both college and career.
The Adult Learning Academy provides
both GED and ESL courses, affordable prices with highly qualified instructors,
flexible schedules with morning or evening courses, and full preparation in
English or Spanish. To learn more about the GED and ESL courses, contact the
program manager, Dolores Zapata, at (210) 486-3410 or log onto
www.alamo.edu/pac/ce/ala.
