North Carolina Eligibility Requirements
To take the HiSET exam in North Carolina, you must meet the following eligibility requirements:
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Age
Anyone 18 years or older may choose to take the HiSET exam. If you are 16 or 17 years of age, you can take the exam, but you must obtain special approval. Contact your local North Carolina Basic Skills Education program for the appropriate form(s).
High School Equivalency Status
To take the HiSET exam, you must not currently be enrolled in high school, and you must not have a valid high school diploma or high school equivalency credential from the United States.
Residency
You do not have to be a resident of North Carolina to take the HiSET exam.
Test Preparation or Instruction
Test preparation or instruction is encouraged but not mandatory.
Practice Test
You are not required to take a practice test before taking the official exam.
Identification
You must present government-issued identification on test day at the HiSET test center. Outdated or expired identification will not be accepted.
Acceptable forms of identification include:
- Driver’s license (Note: If your license has expired, North Carolina does not accept it as a valid form of ID. However, a Temporary Driving Certificate that has been issued by the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles will be accepted as long as it is unexpired.)
- Passport
- Military ID
- Other form of government-issued (national or foreign) ID that shows:
- Name
- Date of birth
- Signature
- Photograph
HiSET North Carolina Testing Options and Fees
Total expected fees to complete the HiSET assuming no retake attempts and completion in a single calendar year:
Total expected fees to complete the HiSET assuming no retake attempts and completion in a single calendar year:
Total expected fees to complete the HiSET assuming no retake attempts and completion in a single calendar year:
Test Location: Offsite, remote proctored. System requirements and test environment guidelines must be met.
Retesting
What to know
HiSET test takers may take each subtest a maximum of three (3) times in a calendar year.
How it works
If you take your first official HiSET subtest in the month of January and then take two retakes at a test center in the months of February and March, you would not be permitted to take that subtest again until the next calendar year starting in January, and you would then need to pay the full test price.
What it costs
You may retake each subtest two times over the 12 months following your first attempt by paying only the test center fee (noted above for each in-person subtest) or the at-home online proctor fee ($17.50 for each at-home subtest).