HSE College Ready

The GED^® College Ready (CR) and GED^® College Ready + Credit (CR+) score levels were created to help move students more quickly into and through college certificate and degree programs. Based on recommendations from the ACE Credit^® program — the same program that backs CLEP and Advanced Placement (AP) — students scoring at these levels have demonstrated readiness to enter credit-bearing classes.

GED Students who score 165–174 (on any test subject) should qualify for waivers from developmental education course and from applicable placement testing. These scores are equivalent to the top 9–27% of the national average of graduating high school seniors.

ETS recommends scores of 15–20 on the HiSET^® Exam have demonstrated student readiness to enter credit-bearing classes, should qualify students for waivers from developmental education course and from applicable placement testing. A recent ETS study demonstrated that High School students with a GPA of less than 2.7 were not likely to pass this exam.

Massachusetts Community Colleges that have adopted HSE College Ready Are:

• Berkshire Community College
  1350 West Street
  Pittsfield, MA 02101
  (413) 499-4660 (GED^® and HiSET^®)

• Bristol Community College
  777 Elsbree Street
  Fall River, MA 02720
  (774)-357- 2811 (GED^® and HiSET^®)

• Bunker Hill Community College
  250 New Rutheford Avenue
  Charlestown, MA 02129
  (617)-228-2000 (GED^® and HiSET^®)

• Greenfield Community College
  One College Drive
  Greenfield, MA 01301
  (413)-775- 1000 (GED^® and HiSET^®)(English Only)

• Holyoke Community College
  303 Homestead Avenue
  Holyoke, MA 01040
  (413) 552-2292 (GED^® Math Only)

• Mt. Wachusett Community College
  444 Green Street
  Gardner, MA 01440
  (978) 630-9173 (GED^®)

• North Shore Community College
  300 Broad St
  Lynn, MA 01901
  (978) 739-5423 (GED^®)

• Northern Essex Community College
  100 Elliot Street
  Haverhill, MA 01830
  (978) 556-3872 (GED^® and HiSET^®)

• Quinsigamond Community College
  670 West Boylston Street
  Worcester, MA 01606
  (508) 854-4407 (GED^® and HiSET^® English Only)

• Roxbury Community College
  1234 Columbus Ave
  Roxbury, MA 02120
  (617) 427-0060 (GED^®)

• Springfield Tech. Comm. College
  One Armory Square, Bldg. 19
  Springfield, MA 01105
  (413) 755-4507 (GED^® and HiSET^®)

Last Updated: November 13, 2020