Don't misrepresent where you went to school.

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Actually, Harvard Extension School specifically tells people what they're allowed to write on their resume.

Sorry, but this is an asinine comment. A resume is just another marketing tool just like a television or print ad. You can represent your education and experience any which way you like so long as you don't LIE or try to misrepresent yourself. Harvard can tell people whatever they want, but they can't compel speech.

Here is a blurb STRAIGHT from the HES website: "Balancing life with the rigors of the Harvard classroom will be challenging. It’ll also be deeply rewarding. In the end, you will have earned a Harvard credential that you can hold with pride. "

https://www.extension.harvard.edu/about-us/why-hes

They seem to be a bit liberal in their discussion of this as a HARVARD CREDENTIAL themselves in their marketing material. Seems a bit hypocritical for them to sell it as such, then tell people they can't say they went to Harvard.

Caveat, none of this excuses someone of trying to deceive people and make them falsely believing that they graduated from Harvard College, HBS, Kennedy, or any of the traditional competitive schools of Harvard. That is straight out dishonest and a Harvard alum will call you out in a second. So don't do it.

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Also, if you completed a non-credit certificate at Columbia, then don't tell everyone that you studied business at Columbia. Tyra Banks got herself into trouble by making people believe that she was attending Harvard Business School when it was only an executive certificate program. 

A politician also got himself into hot water when he wasn't straight forward about attending Harvard Extension. All of this came to mind because this cop tried to brag to me about getting accepted to Harvard. It turns out he went to Harvard Extension which does not have competitive admission. He was just trying to make it seem like he was better than me because we don't exactly get along. Nice try. I know the difference. 

Like her or hate her, Ann Coulter hilariously called out Keith Olberman after he tried to belittle someone for their education and himself boasting that he went to Cornell. She quickly reminded everyone he went to the "other Cornell", the non-ivy league extension similar to HES.

http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2009-03-04.html