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Just spoke to one of my prior recruiters. The Marine Corps will accept applicants with a GED if the recruiting station has been allowed to accept GED applicants. What that means is, when recruiting is good, the requirements go up. When recruiting is poor, requirements go down.

This is directed by the Recruiting Station for the region. Most recruiters work out of sub-stations. (The recruiting station at the strip mall is a sub-station).

Also the applicant who only has a GED must recieve a waiver from HQMC. He is therefore looked at a little tougher than a high school grad.

Finnaly, there is more paperwork and time involved for a GED canidate than a high school grad.

So with all that said, is it possible the recruiter was telling the kid to just drop out and get a GED. Possible but not very likely. Can the kid get in with a GED? Yes but his carrear choices are limited.