a little WGU MBA review....

[rebel100]

Rebel100, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading today all the detailed information you provided in the 17 pages of this thread. I had read most of it a little over a year ago, but was able to understand it with fresh eyes after completing most of my classes for a BSBA from TESC.

I had a question for you, based upon your experience at WGU and your daughter's experience at Harvard Extension, do you feel that due to the quantity of writing at WGU has prepared you well for the Harvard Expository writing requirements? Or would you consider it a different kind of writing?

I am interested in taking classes at Harvard Extension school, however I feel that my writing skills may be a little weak more from lack of practice and feedback than anything else. Rather than pay a lot of money to take an Analytical or Expository writing course, I thought maybe just getting a degree from WGU would be a great way to get a degree and improve my writing skills.

LOL, you might be the first person ever to weigh WGU against Harvard.

Having been close to the writing required in both, I would say that yes, my WGU experience would have served me well had moving on the Harvard been an option. Unfortunately the fact that I now have an MBA excludes me from the only Masters of any real interest at at the Extension School. Harvard will allow you to earn a certificate, but any MBA holder is excluded from the Masters in Management. None the less, the writing at WGU is I feel on par with the writing expected from the Extension School.

As to the question on your reediness...know thatHarvard Extension will require you to take and pass either a low level reading and writing course (Expo 15), or pass the Test of Critical Reading and Writing Skills (CRWS), before you can take many of the courses. Test of Critical Reading and Writing Skills SO they are going to make sure you can read and write at an acceptable level before you get to far or invest to much time. From reading your posts on here I would suspect this test, and the writing that would be required to complete the courses is well within your grasp. Don't over think this, you can do it.

I think there is something to be said for attending the very best school you can get into, Harvard at the time was not an option for me. Not a function of difficulty but one of time and cost. My WGU MBA was quick and nearly all paid for by my employer, immediately on completion it helped me with a promotion. Had I elected the Masters in Management I would still be taking courses....of course, who knows to what end. My daughter has blossomed in the ALB at Harvard Extension. She has met leaders in the various fields she is studying and people really do positively notice the brand on her otherwise thin resume. The way she approaches problem solving and adversity has matured during her studies...she is better for her experience. I needed a quick resume boost and an increase in income, WGU was perfect for that.