Take Advantage of FREE High School Equivalency Exam Prep at MCC

Middlesex Community College strives to make education more accessible for every student. Through the Adult Learning Center (ALC), Middlesex offers free noncredit, basic education courses for Massachusetts adult learners who are 16+. This includes preparation courses to sit for the GED® and HiSET® exams, which Mass. residents can now take at no cost to them.

“The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has announced that the state is now covering the cost of Massachusetts residents’ initial GED® and HiSET® tests in each subject, plus two retakes,” said Katherine Innis, MCC’s Program Director of the ALC. “With free testing and free preparation courses such as those offered at the MCC Adult Learning Center, obtaining a high school credential has become far more equitable for all adults in the state.”

MCC’s ALC is designed to help adult learners improve their literacy, mathematics and computing schools in order to earn a high school equivalency. Through MCC’s program and successful completion of the exams, students are placed in a better position to continue their education and advance in their careers.

Starting in September, MCC will offer day and evening classes for both high school equivalency exams. Daytime classes will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in-person on Tuesdays and online on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Evening classes are online only from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. Online sessions are live and interactive taught over Zoom.

To qualify to take the free classes, students must be a resident of Massachusetts. In order to complete classes, students must also have a computer with a keyboard, speaker, microphone and camera, reliable internet access, be able to attend and participate in live class sessions in-person and online, as well as complete homework outside of class.

Registration is now open for the Fall session. For more information, email alc@middlesex.mass.edu or call 781-280-3665