Harvard Extension School

[cookderosa]

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 All Discussions

You know I think your daughter is a rock star, every now and again you should post an update Especially interested in how her Global Health class is going!

People ALWAYS mix up Harvard College (undergraduate) with the other colleges of Harvard University (graduate). The Continuing Education college offers associate, bachelor, and master's options. There are NO master's degrees available through Harvard College.
The concept of various colleges within one university throws many people off. I've said it a dozen times, but it's worth repeating- MOST of the online option programs in this country that are offered through public universities are offered through extension/ continuing education colleges. Guess what, no one cares. Until you start talking about Harvard. I'll give anyone a big kiss if they can find me 10 Harvard college kids that even know Harvard has an extension option. But, people will do what people will do. If you're looking for reasons to rule out a college, maybe that's one. HOWEVER, I always laugh when Harvard's continuing education college is dismissed when the poster (not THIS poster) then goes on to enroll in a continuing education college elsewhere...lol