This is a more recent occurrence in schools. From my experience, the best place to be to be stimulated was school. But with budget cuts it's getting harder to k

This is a more recent occurrence in schools. From my experience, the best place to be to be stimulated was school. But with budget cuts it's getting harder to keep students interested, period. When I started middle school we had a fully equipped science lab, week long camping trips to the everglades, snorkelling, scuba, sailing and computer camps at various universities. All paid for by the taxpayers. By the time I graduated highschool the money had dried up through budget cuts and those programs were shuttered. My old, college roommate worked in the admissions office told me exactly why they don't bother with GED applicants. If you are that smart you are supposed to be doing college prep courses. Getting a GED means you might be smart but probably lazy. And they have no shortage of smart, college ready students applying. If you didn't immediately enrole into community college after getting your GED you're cooked. It also means you don't have any of the minimum requirements (4 years english, 4 years math, physics, chemistry, 2 years language, etc.) to enrole to even the lowest ranked state school. > Unfortunately I wasted any potential gain by spending a few years not doing much of anything This is the type of the student universities tend to avoid. Have you gotten treated for the depression? Are you working towards an AA? Full-time or part-time student? Colleges will allocate some spaces for non-traditional students but the good ones prefer FT students.