Well, considering that I got my GED before going on and graduating with my BA, the main thing that really changed was my disposition towards life and other people. It's a bit more comforting to have a university degree than the substitute high school diploma, so I feel less anxiety about my future now. Mind you, I'm not really ashamed of never getting my high school diploma, so much as I've experienced how others can and do look down on others over such matters. It's a bummer, but so it goes.. Anyway, I think that finishing up college [with honors], somehow, translated into a willingness, on my part, to open up to others and empathize with them. I guess that's much easier to do now that I don't have a nagging sense of discomfort with myself anymore. Good stuff, overall.