Ruan Venter, the Registrar at Boston City Campus announced in a webinar on 13 October 2021 that Boston City Campus will accept GED® graduates for degree studies in 2022. To meet the degree admission criteria, GED applicants will need to achieve a score of 155 or more in their RLA test and a combined score of 625+ for all four assessments. This excludes the Bachelors in Accounting.
Boston City Campus is committed to helping GED students furthering their studies and will therefore help GED students with their USAf exemption applications should they meet the degree admission score requirements. Please do not apply directly to USAf yourself, you must apply to USAf through Boston City Campus.
Here is a growing list of over 40 colleges, universities and institutions in SA that accept students with a GED:
Where do GED graduates study?
Please watch the full webinar recording and read the text that follows below.
Any student who does not achieve the required degree admission scores, can register for a Higher Certificate at Boston City Campus, and then apply for a degree program. To meet the Higher Certificate admission criteria, a student must achieve their GED Diploma. Should a student complete a Higher Certificate at Boston City Campus and then progress onto a degree programme, up to 50% of your credits can potentially be transferred to your degree.
Boston City Campus does not require GED students to apply to SAQA for a Certificate of Evaluation for admission into a Higher Certificate, as they recognise the GED and understand its equivalency.
Enrolment Criteria
In the webinar, Mr Venter shared the following scores as admission requirements for entry into the various NQF-ranked courses that Boston offers.
- Combined scores refers to the total of the scores a student achieves for all four of the GED subjects. Each test is scored out of 200, so this is your combined score out of 800.
- Language refers to the minimum score required for the GED Reasoning Through Language Arts test for admission into the specific course.
For example,
a) if your combined score is between 580-604 and you score 148 for RLA, you may enrol in a higher certificate course. After completing that course you may apply for admission to a degree.
b) If your combined score is above 605 but your RLA score is under 155, you may enrol in a diploma course. If your goal is to switch to a degree course, it is recommended to first take a one year higher certificate course.
c) To qualify for admission to a degree you must achieve a combined score that is 625 or higher and an RLA score of 155 or more.
| QUALIFICATION | COMBINED SCORES | REQUIREMENT | LANGUAGE (RLA) |
| Higher Certificate NQF 5 | 580 | <minimum> | 145 |
| 604 | |||
| Diploma NQF 6 | 605 | <minimum> | 150 |
| 624 | |||
| Degree NQF 7 | 625 | <minimum> | 155 |
| 800 |
For more information and advice please contact Boston directly and their staff will assist you.