Harvard Extension School

[rebel100]

I've been reading a lot about the Harvard Extension School and am really interested in attending. However, I am reading that Harvard students tend to look down upon Extension students as do employers. Is there any truth to this? Also, has anyone gotten a Harvard Extension Degree and gotten into a good field? I'm just curious because I know I want to continue my studies, but I don't want to invest in something if it's going to do me more harm than good.

Who cares what a geeky 18-22 year old thinks? Seriously! With that said your going to earn a degree from one of the top three universities on the planet. Outside of Cambridge/Boston I doubt anyone will know or care that it happened to be earned in a tough, academically serious night school version of Harvard offered via the Con-Ed Dept for nearly the past 100 years.

Mu daughter is taking her first three courses this semester...is is worlds away from her CC experience. HES is the real deal taught by serious professors for serious students. Taking a course is easy...earning a degree is very hard, only around 3% of HES students actually go on to earn a degree.

HES is not HC, nor is it the Divinity School or the Kennedy School of Government, or HBS...its HES.

If a HC student looks down on you so freaking what! You will seldom be in a class with them anyway and unless you wear a HES t-shirt or something I don't think they are gonna cull you from the crowd.

If an employer can't be made to understand that a Harvard University degree is legitimate even if the nearer worked extra hard to get in and stay in, went to school primarily at night in order to finish, and had the fortitude to persevere through a tough academic program...then that employer is probably better suited with another candidate anyway.

I think you are right to address these fears up front...second guessing yourself once your committed would really suck and provide you an easy way out when the going gets tough...and it will get tough....its Harvard!

Great place to crawl around for legit info on ES http://extensionstudent.com/