I got my GED with near perfect scores, excluding math. I had to settle for a GED because I was terrified to go to my Jr. High, skipped school and didn't really get back into the whole school mindset until my Junior year, which is also when I realized I couldn't make up the credits I'd missed. I took my GED as thus: came into the class twice a week, immediately took the pretests, passed them all on the first try, took my GED, passed it with flying colors on my first try as well and said "**censor** it, time for a Gap Year."